PSG won this Wednesday in Montpellier. PASCAL GUYOT / AFP
After two matches without a win in L1, the capital club won this Wednesday in Montpellier (1-3). But his star striker was injured.
Montpellier – Paris SG 1-3
Montpellier : Nordin (89e)
Paris SG : Ruiz (55e), Messi (72e), Zaïre-Emery (90e+2)
A victory but big damage for PSG. In slow motion in Ligue 1 (one point in two matches), the club from the capital returned to success, winning on the lawn of Montpellier (1-3). A meeting that quickly turned into a nightmare for Mbappé. Associated with Messi on the front of the attack, the French international did not know how to launch his team, with two failures in quick succession against Lecomte on a penalty to withdraw (8e10e). Clumsy as ever, the jewel of PSG did not have the opportunity to catch up since he had to leave his partners after only twenty minutes. Blame it on an injury to the left thigh, which comes at a very bad time for a PSG committed on all fronts. Sergio Ramos, touched in the adductors and replaced at the end of the first period, also joined the infirmary.
Paris diminished, but Paris liberated
Failed at the break, despite the rise of Messi, the Parisians finally bent Montpellier after the break. In the wake of a superb goal by Hakimi refused by the Var (53e), Fabian Ruiz released his team by opportunistically scoring his very first goal in a Parisian jersey (0-1, 55e). The former Napoli player, author of his best performance of the season, then turned into a decisive passer for Messi, author of a sequence as subtle as it was effective in front of Lecomte (0-2, 72e). During a disjointed end to the match, Nordin believed to revive the MHSC (1-2, 89e), but Zaire-Emery quickly calmed La Mosson (1-3, 90e+2), becoming the youngest scorer in the history of PSG. Logical winner, the club of the capital consolidates its position as leader, with now five points ahead of Marseille, its new runner-up. The happy epilogue of a contrasting evening for the Parisians.
