For 80 minutes, PSG controlled everything. Then, he found a way to scare himself, as he often does. The leader of the championship won, Saturday, November 6, in Bordeaux 3 goals to 2, for the 13e Ligue 1 day, after leading 3-0.
“We have to improve on defensive strength. You can’t lead 3-0 and take two goals ”, admitted Mauricio Pochettino after the meeting. The Parisian coach will not necessarily come out of the weekend with immense certainty about his style of play, which he is still looking for. Neither on the ability of his team to keep the score, but the Argentinian will be able to be satisfied with the regain of form of Neymar, author of a double.
Tribute to singer Marilia Mendonça
Served twice by Kylian Mbappé, the “Ney” carried the PSG, three days after the disappointing draw of the Parisians in Leipzig (2-2) in the Champions League. The playmaker addressed, in words written on a t-shirt under his jersey, a tribute to his friend and Brazilian singer Marilia Mendonça, who tragically died on Friday at the age of 26 in a plane crash.
Mbappé, for his part, then added a 6e goal in L1 in his season, and joined the Lensois Jonathan Clauss at the top of the ranking of decisive assistants with six units, just before finding the French team on Monday at Clairefontaine, when Neymar will fly to Brazil and Lionel Messi , absent Saturday due to injury, for Argentina.
Driven by a very nice atmosphere at Matmut Atlantique, the Bordelais often clashed with goalkeeper Kaylor Navas, but the Honduran striker Alberth Elis ended up being rewarded by closing the gap (3-1, 79e) on an Adli center. The Girondins even ignited the end of the game and Navas had to work on a strike from Oudin (81e). In difficulty, the Parisians ended up conceding a second goal, scored by the returning Mbaye Niang (90 + 2), who arrived at the end of September from Rennes.
Paris will no longer tremble, but continues to be accountable for its style. “JI think we don’t play very well, but we manage to win, confessed Kylian MBappé at the end of the meeting, at the microphone of Canal +. We are aware, we have to improve but it is not as alarming as we think. “
With this 11e success in 13 L1 games, the leader widens the gap at the top of the standings: 34 points, ten more than Lens, 2e and convincing winner of Troyes on Friday (4-0). Bordeaux remains 16e with 12 points.
Lille does not advance
In Lille, the fans feel more anger than happiness. Le Losc was hooked by Angers at the end of the game: a goal from Azzedine Ounahi in the 83e minute came to stretch the bad pass of the champions of France, who have not won in L1 since early October (2-0 against Marseille).
Yet the opportunity was great to finally launch a positive series after the 2-1 victory at Sevilla FC in the Champions League on Tuesday, especially when Tiago Djalo opened the scoring (28e) on a questionable action due to an offside position – admittedly passive – of Benjamin André on the action. But Lille is not as impregnable as last season, and Jocelyn Gourvennec’s men lack confidence.
“We have to take shelter, make the break and lead at least two goals, we do not and it is expensive in terms of accounting because we drop points”, noted the coach of the Northerners, who succeeded Christophe Galtier in the offseason, who left for Nice.
Symbol of the champion’s helplessness, in the last moments, Yilmaz, served by Timothy Weah, sadly slipped when shooting (90 + 5) while he was alone at the penalty spot. Le Losc had just missed his chance and Amadou Onana was even given a red card for an uncontrolled tackle (90 + 6). The defending champion is only 12e ranking (16 pts), seven points ahead of the red zone.