The Brilliant Fairy and Monconduit, Nuno Mendes in pain

TOPS

Le Fée / Monconduit, winning ticket for the Merlus
One is a passer, the other a goalscorer and both have achieved a high level performance against the leader of the championship. The two midfielders were perfectly able to orient the game towards recovery in order to launch the Lorient attackers in depth. The goal scored by the Merlus in the first period precisely starts from a long precise pass from Le Fée to Laurienté, on a ball lost by Herrera. The Fairy is at the origin and almost at the conclusion of the action but thanks to his intelligence of play, he preferred to shift cleverly Monconduit whose powerful strike cleaned the skylight of Navas.

Ouattara, generosity to spare
Admittedly, the young Burkinabe winger, who was playing only his third Ligue 1 match as a starter, did not succeed. He even missed a little in the last gesture at times and could have allowed his team to increase their advantage in the score. Despite everything, he made Nuno Mendes live through the entire first period thanks to his speed and repeated races. With 5 shots attempted, he hurt a Parisian defense which never really managed to manage its deep catches. A match certainly reference in the young career of Ouattara.

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Hakimi, a glow in the Parisian greyness
In difficulty in recent weeks, Achraf Hakimi was by far the best Parisian on Wednesday. The Moroccan has multiplied races and crosses on his right side. Sometimes taken behind his back, he had the merit of bringing danger in front of Nardi’s goals. It was on yet another overflow from the former Real that Icardi was able to place his equalizer at the very end of the match. A few moments later, Nardi intervened in front of Di Maria, very close to 2-1 and served by… Hakimi. If he still has to perfect his defensive vigilance, he is one of the few Parisians to have really jostled an almost impermeable Lorient defense on Wednesday.

FLOPS

Nuno Mendes, a (catastrophic) half-time and then leaves
The Portuguese side was in great difficulty especially in terms of engagement, with 6 lost duels. Misunderstandings that allowed the Lorient to take a counter-attack, especially on his side, where Ouattara did not need to be asked to rush into the spaces. Released at the break by Pochettino, Mendes ended this first part of the season on a false note. Note that his replacement, Ramos, did not finish the match, he who was sent off at the end.

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Di Maria, a technical finesse left in the locker room
Di Maria he squandered a huge opportunity in the 55th minute by catapulting a left shot well over Nardi’s crossbar when the goal was completely open to him. His left foot, usually so silky, did not light up the Moustoir lawn like a few completely failed attempts. Paradoxically, it is however he who has the ultimate opportunity to win this match but his shot is well repelled by Nardi.

The Parisian environment with absent subscribers
Whether it is Gueye, Herrera or Wijnaldum, no Parisian medium has really pulled out of the game. Too static on the phases of possession, they have never really succeeded in bringing danger by passing in the Lorient camp. Without movement, they sometimes gave the impression of stepping on each other without really knowing their role in the midfield. The technical touch of Marco Verratti, suspended for this match, was sorely lacking in this sector of the game. Without ideas and not very creative, this triplet in the middle will not leave unforgettable memories.