For his first at the Parc des Princes after the announcement of his departure from PSG, Kylian Mbappé, well received by the Parisian public, started alongside Lee, Barcola and Dembélé for the clash against Rennes this Sunday, during the 23rd day of Ligue 1. With ten points ahead of Stade Brestois, PSG had nevertheless released its flagship team to take an even further lead in the standings. And this was seen during the first minutes, where Stade Rennais was largely dominated and could not get the ball out.
However, apart from a big save from Mandanda in front of Vitinha (20th), Paris failed to make the difference in the last gesture. Dominant, but lacking in success, the Parisians were not immune to a nasty surprise… and her name was Gouiri. Starting in the axis more than 30 meters away, the ex-Lyonnais got ahead of Vitinha, before a big bridge made on Danilo to enter the area and deceive Donnarumma with the outside of the right foot. A sublime sequence to take the advantage (1-0, 30th).
PSG inherits a penalty in the final moments
A cold snap for PSG, but which benefited the Bretons, better organized since the goal scored. On a series of six consecutive victories in Ligue 1, Julien Stéphan’s Rennais did not play with fear in the second half, despite the attempts of Hakimi (52nd), then Dembélé, again disgusted by a great Mandanda (59th ). Rennes even almost hit an even bigger shot, but Bourigeaud put the ball for 2-0 on the crossbar (70th).
At the end of the game, PSG, lacking a solution, even got annoyed after a penalty canceled by the VAR (86th), but a penalty obtained and converted by Ramos saved the Parisians (1-1, 90th+7). Nine days before their trip to Real Sociedad, in the round of 16 second leg of C1, PSG avoided the worst at the Parc des Princes before going to Monaco, but remained largely leader of Ligue 1. The great achievement was for Stade Rennais , fails to achieve a seventh success in a row in Ligue 1 and remains in 7th place. A frustrating end to the match for Rennes.
