Despite everything, Paris steals two points from Lens and can consider this 18th day of Ligue 1 as a success. He also obtains this Wednesday, January 11 the honorary title of winter champion, one stage before the end of the first leg matches which conclude this Sunday with a trip to Rennes. For the rest, this evening will leave a bitter taste, with an odor of flop sometimes, after a sluggish victory, insufficient play, an intensity close to scandal, a worrying and often cracked defense. Not much new then, except that since the end of the World Cup, PSG seem lost and disorganized, regardless of their tactical plan and the holders inside.
Against Angers, Christophe Galtier returned to a three-man defense, which did not reassure the bottom. On the hour mark, Angers should have equalized if Abdallah Sima had been more precise, fairer. Another caliber of striker would have marked and complicated the evening of the Parisian coach. Who will see ten minutes later his men give themselves a lead with the second goal signed Leo Messi. This threesome just seems to have allowed Nordi Mukiele to freely roam the right flank from where he will serve Hugo Ekitike for an early goal before doubling the offer for the Argentine in the 72nd.
Ekitike, scorer for the fourth time in the last five outings
He turns out to be the big winner of this PSG-Angers in the absence of Achraf Hakimi, resting like Kylian Mbappé and Marco Verratti, injured. The other winner is called Ekitike, scorer therefore, for the fourth time in the last five outings in all competitions. The former Rémois will also be part of the combination leading to Messi’s goal. He is gradually finding his marks. As the good news arrives by carrier pigeon at the moment at PSG, we must take everything.
Sunday, Paris will rub against an angry Rennes, beaten this Wednesday on the gong in Clermont. The Bretons have not made a flamboyant comeback since the end of the World Cup either, but they form a team with talent and game that will inevitably shake up this PSG and learn about its marrow. Against Angers, Paris modeled what it often does, contenting itself with winning two flashes, without really offering an elaborate game. He bored, pulled himself out of nothingness through the talent of Leo Messi, also involved in both goals, and did not let Neymar find his way back to the light. After his red card against Strasbourg, he even received a warning. He too must leave his World Cup behind and start looking ahead.
