Désiré Doué sees double
PSG won in difficulty in Monaco and can thank Désiré Doué who changed the match with a double and a decisive influence in the game. Reduced to ten after the expulsion of Golovine, the Monegasques suffered a one-sided second half. Paris thus takes an option on qualification before returning to the Parc des Princes. The Parisian speaks of a reactionary Paris. More in reaction than action, this team has great capacity to raise the scores. In any case, Paris had 80% possession, shot 30 times at 7 and had twice as many expected goals. In this match, there was a cross evening, as L’writesTeam. Muscle affected, Ousmane Dembélé left early. His replacement Désiré Doué lit up the match with a double and a direct involvement in the equalizer. His performance swung the match in favor of Paris despite the tense context after Rennes. It was ironic to see that Doué replaced Dembélé, and that it was him who put everything back in order as soon as he entered. After his first goal, a celebration while covering his ears, seeming to say, I can’t hear the criticism. Is this a reaction to everything that happened in the locker room after Rennes? Particularly with regard to Dembélé’s comments on the subject of excess individualism? A celebration that sparks debate: Daniel Riolo said: “The celebration of Désiré Doué is inappropriate. It’s a bit like he’s telling Dembélé to shut up.“While Manu Petit thought the opposite:”I prefer to see that, a player touched in his pride and who leaves just after such a performance.“Finally, Doué was the man of the evening. He obviously takes great satisfaction from it: “ I try to play as usual, he said on Canal+. Tonight, it paid off. I was able to help the team, it’s my job.”
Kylian Mbappé lost his temper
Real Madrid won at Benfica but the meeting was marked by high tension after an altercation with Gianluca Prestianni, accused of an alleged racist insult. No sanctions were taken due to lack of evidence. We see the Benfica player hiding his mouth with his jersey. He would have said “monkey, monkey” Vinicius goes to warn the referee and triggers the protocol. The match is interrupted, but resumed 10 minutes later. Mbappé did not let go of Prestianni and told him several times: “you are a fucking racist“. We see all the anger in the Real Madrid player who defends his teammate in his images. And after the meeting, Mbappé took it out on the Argentinian. ” This kid, Prestianni, should never be allowed to play in the Champions League again. I don’t pretend to be perfect, but I don’t let things like that slide. This player is young, how can you say such things on a football pitch? We’ll see what happens. I have nothing against Benfica, or their coach, who for me is one of the best, and the club is the best in Portugal and one of the best in history. »
Barça does not give up its fight against arbitration
FC Barcelona is in a different fight than that of the Champions League, since it has already qualified for the round of 16. The fight of the day is without suspense, the arbitration. Anti Varça, title Mundo Deportivo who still cannot recover from the injustice after the defeat in Girona. A match marked by a trample from Claudio Echeverri on Jules Koundé before the decisive goal. Neither referee César Soto Grado nor VAR saw fit to intervene, despite Catalan protests. The club denounces a “double standards” with a precedent where a lighter contact had canceled a goal by Robert Lewandowski. The comparison fuels a strong unease in the locker room, convinced of an arbitration inconsistency. This episode reinforces the tension around the arbitration already criticized in recent weeks. The Spanish media blames the blow by saying that there are many Madrid referees for Barça. FC Barcelona has often been refereed by officials linked to the Madrid committee this season, with 13 cumulative designations pitch plus VAR in domestic competitions, a volume considered high by the club.
