Brest-PSG (2-3): mishandled, Paris saves the furniture thanks to Mbappé

We can criticize Luis Enrique’s PSG for many things, except for not knowing how to skillfully mix spectacle and suspense when the context requires it. This Sunday, October 29, at the time of the family chicken and fries, the capital club, thanks to its surgical side in attack but also its defensive imbalances, gave a tasty and radiant character to a meeting against Stade Brestois which did not, however, promise so much.

Not sure that Luis Enrique had as much fun as the 15,000 spectators at Francis-Le-Blé, who long believed they were seeing their protégés put an end to their series of 13 consecutive defeats against PSG. The Spanish coach probably had little enjoyment of seeing his troops fall behind after leading 2-0, even if this feeling was necessarily attenuated by the victory snatched at the very end of regulation time.

Because under capricious weather, made up of violent gusts of wind, hailstorms and bright spells, it must be said that Paris will have behaved as variable as the Breton sky on this Sunday noon. Brilliant at first, in this 4-2-4 system, despite the five changes in the eleven which started on Wednesday evening against Milan. With Danilo to replace Marquinhos (adductor) in central defense, Ruiz in place of Ugarte in midfield and with Kang-in Lee, Gonçalo Ramos and Bradley Barcola to support “cap’tain” Mbappé in attack, Paris has was initially incisive.

Warren Zaire-Emery, man of the week

Under the leadership of his number 7, author of the first strike (3rd) of the match, and an altruistic Bradley Barcola, it was the new star Warren Zaire-Emery who, after a powerful first strike (5th), placed Paris in orbit. Everyone, UEFA in the lead, made a big mistake, saw way too small by only delivering him, on Wednesday evening following the success against AC Milan, a player’s trophy. Match.

At 17 years old, the young midfielder is undoubtedly the man of the week on the Parisian side. In any case, that’s what the mule strike propelled into Bizot’s top corner (16th) says. Helpless the Dutch goalkeeper from Brest put on a good show then, but could not prevent Mbappé from doubling the lead in the same way as four days earlier against Milan (28th). An eleventh goal in all competitions which seemed likely to put Paris on the path to easy success.

Breton tenacity, combined with Parisian defensive flaws, decided otherwise. From the height of its status as the team winning the most aerial duels in Ligue 1, Stade Brestois turned the tide with two headers. The first from Mounié just before the break (43rd), the second thanks to Le Douaron (52nd), who gave the second period an indecisive and electric character.

Manhandled, Paris will have indeed managed to save the furniture on a penalty from Mbappé following a foul on Kolo Muani (89th). But despite this sixth success which allows it to temporarily take second place in Ligue 1, Paris will not have erased doubts about its ability to be consistent.