Ligue 1: PSG brings down LOSC before welcoming Real Sociedad

A few days before the big Champions League poster against Real Sociedad, on the lawn of the Parc des Princes in the round of 16 first leg of the competition, Paris Saint-Germain welcomed LOSC at home for one last big challenge before the deadlines European. For this meeting, Luis Enrique decided to leave several executives of his team to rest, notably Kylian Mbappé, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Warren Zaire-Emery, Marquinhos and Achraf Hakimi. An opportunity to restore confidence to Gonçalo Ramos, Randal Kolo Muani and Nordi Mukiele. For their part, the Northerners are structured in a 4-2-3-1 with Lucas Chevalier in the cages behind Tiago Santos, Leny Yoro, Alexsandro Ribeiro and Ismaily. Nabil Bentaleb and Benjamin André make up the midfield. At the forefront, Yusuf Yazici takes his place with Edon Zhegrova, Angel Gomes and Gabriel Gudmundsson to support him. This is enough to perfect your tactical, technical and mental preparation in this test against a great Lille team this Saturday evening at the Parc des Princes.

The match quickly got heated. On the right side, Tiago Santos easily played past Lucas Beraldo to cross forcefully into the Parisian area. The Spanish midfielder, Fabián Ruiz, managed to block this attempt but Yusuf Yazıcı lurked nearby to emerge and propel the ball into the back of Keylor Navas’ net (5th, 0-1). However, the reaction did not take too long. Indeed, thanks to a high recovery from Ousmane Dembélé on Alexsandro Ribeiro in front of the Lille area, Gonçalo Ramos was able to stand out perfectly in the middle to conclude Dembélé’s beautiful offering without trembling (10th, 1-1). Still on the right wing, the former Barcelona player set back Fabián Ruiz who unleashed a dangerous cross-shot for Gonçalo Ramos in front of goal. Unfortunately, Alexsandro Ribeiro deflected the ball to the left of his goal, thus deceiving his own goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier (17th, 2-1). Luis Enrique’s troops produced a high-level first period, dominating the proceedings with seriousness and efficiency, leading into the break after turning the tide.

Kolo Muani takes the break!

Launched deep on the right, Nordi Mukiele played against Alexandro Ribeiro, who had a very complicated game, stealing the ball from him with a tackle. The full-back moved forward again, resisting Ismaily’s return but saw his shot pushed away for a corner by Lucas Chevalier (55th). PSG ran for a long time to try to make the break and Lille almost took advantage. On the left, Alexsandro Ribeiro launched Gabriel Gudmundsson who crossed back. In front of the surface, Angel Gomes controlled then shifted Edon Zhegrova to the right. The Kosovar shot was deflected to the left of the goal (57th). Luis Enrique made several changes, in order to warm up his best players, thus bringing in Achraf Hakimi, Bradley Barcola and even Vitinha. As for Paulo Fonseca, the Portuguese coach tried everything to try to grab the point of the draw with the entries of Adam Ounas, Jonathan David and Rémy Cabella. On the right, Adam Ounas played Lucas Beraldo to enter the area and cross back. Yusuf Yazıcı armed a first shot which was blocked. The ball came back to him but his second attempt went to the right of the frame (78th). On the left, Bradley Barcola superbly provoked and deposited Ismaily, thus showing all his speed. He entered the area to find Randal Kolo Muani in front of the goal and pushed the ball into the back of the net (80th, 3-1).

In the ranking, PSG still dominates the championship with this 1st place in the ranking with eleven provisional points more than its runner-up Nice, while LOSC remains at the foot of the podium with this encouraging 4th position. Next weekend, the Parisians will travel to La Beaujoire to face FC Nantes in the midst of a crisis, while the Dogues will travel to the south of France to cross swords with Toulouse FC, during the 22nd day of Ligue 1 In any case, PSG was full of confidence and automatisms before receiving the Txuri-urdinak on Wednesday evening. Present on the match sheet, Kylian Mbappé did not come into play…