PSG won in Nantes this Saturday as part of the 22nd day of L1 (0-2). With the late participation of Kylian Mbappé.
PSG played with fire again this Saturday. At the end of an eventful week marked by the media announcement of the departure of Kylian Mbappé at the end of the season, Luis Enrique chose to fuel the controversy by leaving his star on the bench at kick-off against Nantes, for the from 22e act of Ligue 1.
Without their playing master, but also without Ousmane Dembélé and Achraf Hakimi at the start of the game, Paris struggled for a long time in the debates, suffering the full impact of the over-motivated Canaries. Like Nicolas Pallois who thought he opened the scoring at the very end of the first period – a goal invalidated for a clumsy offside by Tino Kadewere (45e+3).
185 goals in L1…
Jostled, PSG nevertheless struck first in this meeting, by Lucas Hernandez on the hour mark on a long shot deflected by Moussa Sissoko. In the minute that followed, Kylian Mbappé made his appearance on the Beaujoire lawn. And the person concerned had enough time to find the flaw. On a penalty obtained and transformed by him (0-2, 78e).
This is the Bondy phenomenon, promised to Real Madrid, credited with 21 goals this season in Ligue 1. A record after 22 days of the championship which he shares with Carlos Bianchi, Vahid Halilhodzic, Alexandre Lacazette and Edinson Cavani. In total in his career, since 2015, Kylian Mbappé has scored 185 goals in Ligue 1. It is difficult to do without such a player a priori. And yet…