There should not have been any suspense between the Parisian leader and a Saint-Etienne collective sent back into the red over the weekend. This Sunday evening at the end of the 17e day of Ligue 1, the score however was smaller than expected at the Parc des Princes, ASSE having played its luck bravely, with its weapons, when PSG once again showed offensive clumsiness.
To close the first leg of the championship undefeated, with a record of 13 wins and four draws (against Nantes, Auxerre, Nice and Reims), Luis Enrique’s men were able to rely on their current figurehead: Dembélé . With a beautiful strike from the left and an impeccably struck penalty, the person concerned scored a decisive double in the space of ten minutes (13e and 23e).
Ten days before the City visit
Barcola thought they were participating in the party in the first half, finding the fault in their turn but seeing their goal strangely invalidated after a questionable use of VAR (39e). Anything but trivial and anecdotal since the courageous Greens were able to get back into the game thanks to Davitashvili, author of a superb direct free kick shortly after the hour mark (2-1, 64e).
PSG, however, did not waver, calmly managing the end of the match to make up the hole in the standings, once again seven lengths ahead of Marseille in control of the elite. An imperative for the capital club as the next reception here at the Parc des Princes promises to be crucial, even decisive. In ten days, in fact, it is Manchester City who will appear on the Parisian lawn as part of the penultimate act of the initial phase of the Champions League.
