Paris leads the match and returns to win, Mbappe between goal and anger

Paris Saint-Germain (2-0) beat Brest (13) at home on Saturday, during the twenty-first day of the French Ligue 1. And in the last two matches in the league, the Parisian leader returned to victory thanks to Kylian Mbappe (32). ) and Thilo Kehrer (53rd place).

Paris Saint-Germain, who is still absent, dominated Brest (2-0) after an open and very enjoyable match. According to their reputation, the Bretons, who had come to play, did not present themselves as a victim of atonement, determined to seize opportunities to harm the Parisians, especially against them. As in the first leg in August, the Parisians were roughed up with opposing fast attacks, especially in the first period.

Saved by Imperial Gianluigi Donnarumma, author of the brutal backlash when the score was 0-0, Mauricio Pochettino’s men struggled deeply in the first act, as every loss of the ball turned into a dangerous situation. The Parisian leader, deprived of Lionel Messi, barely recovered from the virus, and infected Neymar, but with Angel Di Maria, he still counts on Kylian Mbappe to open the scoring (32).

Kahrer does it again

Served by Jorginho Wijnaldum, very involved before leaving the field injured at the break, the Paris striker closed his right foot with a move to deceive Bezot, frozen on his streak. The sequence tends to become his trademark. The world champion had scored a similar goal against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League.

Struggling to build the match against Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain presented the privileged few present at the Parc des Princes several group sequences of outstanding beauty. Sometimes PSG also breach, but without giving up this desire to move forward, with more spontaneity and simplicity in using the ball than in the recent past, like Marco Verratti.

Mbappe was stubborn

Another guy who illustrates this nicely is Nuno Mendes. Having dizzy Pierre Gabriel, glimpsing him better from a small bridge, the Portuguese left side sent Thilo Kehrer to the penalty spot. The German defender, used in the right lane, grabbed the display with his right foot, leaving Bezot no chance to score his second goal of the season in Ligue 1 (53), his second successive achievement in the French championship.

The team’s 3-5-2 pass with the entry of Sergio Ramos, who hailed him with every ball on his first appearance in the park, allowed PSG to establish their control, total in the second half. Frustrated with Marco Bezot, who worked to deny him a double, Mbappe sometimes stubbornly wanted to score at any cost, preferring the solo option when the game required passing to a teammate. Perhaps in line with his anger towards the referee, after receiving a yellow card for a foul on Hugo Magnetti (34). Anyway, Mbappe scored eight goals in this match, a record for Parisians this season.

Not enough to shake the harmony between the Parisian striker and his teammates, who seemed happy to develop together on the ground this evening. Mauricio Pochettino can learn a lot from this match, finally, a month after the Champions League last 16 went against Real Madrid. PSG produced an impressive overall performance in terms of consistency and focus from start to finish. Which is not uncommon this season, even in the French league.