Ligue 1: resilient, LOSC hangs PSG on the gong

Difficult to say that this LOSC-PSG will have kept us in suspense as much as its three previous opuses, won by the Parisians with entertaining scenarios each time (1-5, 1-7, 4-3), but suspense, it there will still have been some. This evening, the last two French champion clubs parted in a not very prolific draw (1-1), but at the end of a long uncertain meeting where LOSC delivered a real mano a mano to the reigning French champion . In a relatively balanced start to the match where the two teams had opted for an observation round, Lille also created the first situation. On a transition, Zhegrova fixed Lucas Hernandez but saw her attempt die in the small outside net of Tenas (15th). In the continuation, the Kosovar winger distinguished himself again. After mystifying Hernandez with a devastating hook to the side, his shot was too lively and flew into the stands (16th). A warning. The Parisian reaction came five minutes later through Ousmane Dembélé. Served by Lee on the right side, the French international embarked on a frantic race, but his shot was too crossed to hope to worry Chevalier (21st).

The biggest situation of this first period was ultimately to the credit of his teammate Vitinha. At the edge of the area, the Portuguese fired a sudden and powerful shot, slammed by a vigilant Knight (36th). Orphans of Hakimi, left on the bench by Luis Enrique, who had decided to start Zaire-Emery in a hybrid role of right back – relay player in order to densify his midfield, the Parisians struggled to appear threatening after returning from the locker room. They still relied on an unnecessary foul by Diakité on Hernandez, synonymous with a penalty (62nd). Transparent until then, Kylian Mbappé remained unmoved against Chevalier and scored his 16th goal of the season in the championship. Disjointed, the game saw Lille ignite the game. Yazici thought of equalizing, but his goal was refused for an offside position (72nd), while Zhegrova intensified the moments of heat with his bleeding breakthroughs. Tiago Santos, for his part, attempted a vicious lob on Tenas (89th), before Angel Gomes misused a new shot from a free kick (90th). But the biggest situation came from the feet of the incoming Jonathan David, found deep by Ounas, but who came up against a hitherto impeccable Tenas. But while we imagined PSG leaving with three points, the Canadian, full of flair, dampened the Parisian enthusiasm to equalize and offer LOSC a precious point on the gong. A capital goal which allows LOSC to return to 4th (28 points) in the ranking, two points behind Monaco. PSG, already fall champion before this evening, leaves Nice on 5 points.