Ligue 1: despite Kylian Mbappé, PSG can’t do it and only take one point from Toulouse

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By: Manu Tournoux

After the draw conceded at home against FC Lorient last week (0-0), Paris Saint-Germain had to seek their first victory during their trip to Toulouse to face Téfécé, winner of Nantes ( 2-1) on the first day. The capital club could count on the presence of Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé, finally benched by Luis Enrique for this expected poster for the postponed Champions Trophy. The Parisians quickly put their foot on the ball but had to follow the intensity put into the duels by the Violets, who managed to afford a few opportunities, without real danger for Donnarumma. His Toulouse counterpart, Guillaume Restes, was decisive in front of his goal by defeating the powerful shot from Hakimi (21st). Aboukhlal, moving on his right lane, was barely too short to take a good cross in front of Marquinhos (29th). If Vitinha and Ramos once again worried the Occitan rearguard (36th, 40th, 45+1st), Dessler managed to shoot twice in a few seconds, but saw his first attempt blocked by Ugarte and the second passing just beyond above the crossbar (44th).

Returning from the locker room, Warren Zaire-Emery believed to unlock the mark with a superb volley 25 meters from the purple goals, but an offside position from Vitinha at the start of the action forced the referee to cancel the goal , thanks to the VAR (50th). Entering the game in the second half, Mbappé finally opened the scoring with a penalty that he himself obtained and did justice to himself by taking Remains on the wrong foot (62nd). Dembélé, meanwhile, made his first appearance in the red-and-blue jersey and missed the opportunity to make the break by slipping on his shot after two good feints (76th). Finally, Moroccan international Aboukhlal, victim of a foul by his compatriot Hakimi, transformed the second penalty of the match by taking Donnarumma on the wrong foot with a low shot from 11 meters (1-1, 86th) . Despite a few chances at the end of the game from Mbappé (90 + 2nd, 90 + 7th) and Hakimi (90 + 6th), Paris Saint-Germain conceded their second parity score in two Ligue 1 days, while the TFC continued their invincibility and confirmed his good start to the season under his new coach, Carles Martinez Novell.

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