After Japan, quick detour via South Korea before returning to Paris. To improve the transfer of Lee Kang-In this summer, the capital club made a small detour via South Korea for a last friendly match, against the Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club of its full name. The sporting interest of the meeting is quite relative, especially just two days after the match against Inter Milan, but this allowed Luis Enrique to make a lot of progress, and above all to revive Neymar, holder for the first time since February. last ! The Brazilian was accompanied by Marco Verratti, left on the bench against Inter, Hugo Ekitike and Ethan Mbappé.
Neymar treats
The latter, rather interesting in his previous appearances, offered a catastrophic first quarter of an hour with too many ball losses, before gradually recovering. PSG were dominating overall, and Ekitike and Neymar were trying to combine together. On the other hand, they fell on the rough Czech defender Petrasek, on the verge of the penalty several times. With eleven again largely overhauled, difficult to see the automatisms being put in place. The Ile-de-France club played more in spurts, while Jeonbuk allowed himself a few long shots, without success. Neymar, he seemed very heavy, but his few accelerations and openings still brightened up the meeting, until his magnificent number.
In the 40th minute, the Brazilian infiltrated the area, feigned a dribble and followed up with a shot, blocked, which ended in the back of the net (1-0, 40th). In the process, he served Ekitike, who found the gloves of the opposing goalkeeper. Back from the locker room, a little surprise with the entry into play of Keylor Navas in place of Gianluigi Donnarumma. The South Koreans put a little more intensity but did not endanger the Parisian defense, articulated around an astonishing hinge Danilo-Kurzawa.
Luis Enrique launched his salvo of changes on the hour mark, with the entries of Asensio, Soler, Fabian Ruiz, Ugarte and Marquinhos. Home fans were desperate to see Kang-In Lee in action, contenting themselves with shouts of admiration as soon as he appeared on the screens. We had to wait until the 68th minute to see him come into play, along with Hakimi. Lemina also entered a few minutes from the end. But it was Neymar who still attracted a maximum of balloons. And who was going to afford a double on an excellent ball delivered by Fabian Ruiz, allowing him to challenge the doorman in one against one (2-0, 83rd). PSG finished with a bang, with a third goal, signed Asensio, with a splendid strike following a relay with Neymar (3-0, 88th). A reassuring success before returning to Paris.
