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PSG won 3-0 on Sunday against OM, pushing them to eight points in the standings, thanks to a double from Kylian Mbappé and a goal from Lionel Messi, at the end of the 25th day of Ligue 1.
Paris Saint-Germain took brilliant revenge on Sunday February 26 in the Ligue 1 Classic by winning in Marseille (3-0), while refining its preparation for its big meeting with Bayern Munich, in ten days. .
Strongly shaken in the Coupe de France on February 8 (2-1 defeat), PSG soon let the Olympians know that it would not be the same match by scoring two goals by Kylian Mbappé (25e) and Lionel Messi (29e), infernal duo who returned the courtesy on the assists.
The Argentinian then with a subtle ladle again offered Mbappé his 200e goal with PSG (55th), equaling Edinson Cavani’s record.
The title may have been played from this 25e day, since Paris takes eight lengths ahead of its runner-up.
OM, unable to compete like 18 days earlier, did not lose everything with the brakes of their rivals for the qualification in the Champions League, Monaco (3e) against Nice (3-0) and Lens (4e) in Montpellier (1-1).
Igor Tudor’s team keeps a two-point margin over ASM and four over Racing, and can limit its ambitions to winning back the Coupe de France, with a quarter-final against Annecy (L2), Wednesday at the Vélodrome .
Direction Munich for the revenge against Bayern
PSG have put their domestic affairs in order. After three defeats in a row, he has just beaten Lille (4-3) and OM. He has one match left against Nantes on Saturday before going to try to overthrow in Munich, on March 8, the defeat of the first leg at the Parc des Princes (1-0).
This controlled victory offers a nice breath of fresh air to Christophe Galtier, who celebrated the goals with clenched fists on the Parisian bench.
This time, the choices of the Parisian coach were crowned with success, and the victory less far-fetched than against Losc, where already the talent of Mbappé (two goals) and Messi (one goal) had pulled his team from matter in the last minutes.
And finally his defense did not concede a goal for the first time in eight matches, with in particular two big saves by Gianluigi Donnarumma against Alexis Sanchez (65e) and rookie Vitinha (90e).
The game is not yet radiant, Paris has not mastered everything, far from it, but it has avoided the crisis and put itself back in the right direction, especially with a view to the C1, while Bayern have also carded a pursuer, Union Berlin (3-0), Sunday.
In Munich, it will most likely be without Neymar, who is nursing his sprained right ankle.
Unfortunately for Paris, the black series “One injured per match” continued with the exit in tears of Presnel Kimpembe at the quarter of an hour of play, touched in the left leg. He was replaced by the versatile Danilo Pereira (15e).
But without “Ney”, the “M&M” Messi and Mbappé ensured.
A counter flash led by “Pulga” and “Kyk’s”, born of an intelligent shift from Vitinha, allowed PSG to open the scoring, despite a first half hour generously animated by OM, extinguishing a Velodrome which broke its attendance record with more than 65,800 spectators.
200e Kylian Mbappé’s goal at PSG
Four minutes later, Mbappé in turn served the Argentinian for the K.-O. And in the second half, a ladle of Messi offered his 200e Parisian goal at N.7.
Of the three actions, the Ivorian Eric Bailly was totally overwhelmed by the speed of the triple scorer in the World Cup final. Tudor ended his ordeal by replacing him with Jonathan Clauss (66e).
The absences in central Marseille of Chancel Mbemba (suspended) and Samuel Gigot (injured) cost OM dearly. For his fifth game in 2023, after his long suspension for a big foul against Hyères fans, Bailly was shipwrecked.
OM dreamed only at the start of the match, on an acceleration from Nuno Tavares (12e), picked up by Nuno Mendes, and hoped to equalize by Bailly, but the defender had committed a handball before scoring (28e).
The score could even have been heavier, if Messi had not shot over (33e) or if Pau Lopez had not stopped Mbappé (39e). Paris gets its revenge.
With AFP
