Pair of Milo Longhorned
Published yesterday at 11:59 p.m., Updated 1 hour ago
Vitinha gave the MHSC defenders a very bad evening. Valentina Claret / Panoramic / Valentina Claret / Valentina Claret / Panoramic / Valentina Claret
Initially jostled, the Parisians finally unfolded (2-6) against the Montpellier residents who failed to keep up with the players from the capital.
TOPS
Vitinha was in all the good moves
The Portuguese midfielder was in all the good Parisian moves this evening. Initially well inspired in his control-strike sequence, Vitinha allowed the Parisians to take the lead at the start of the match where the Montpellier team seemed to have entered the match much better (0-1, 14th). Behind, the Parisian environment never decreased in intensity or technical accuracy. With 93% successful passes (80/86), the former FC Porto player perfectly fed the Parisian midfield throughout the match. In the second period, he was initially well inspired to find Kylian Mbappé over the defense, who just had to finish. He then served his compatriot Nuno Mendes perfectly so that the latter scored the 6th Parisian goal of the evening. His association with Kang-In Lee in midfield was one of the keys to Parisian success.
Mbappé leaves with the ball
Aware that he is not likely to play all the matches in this way, the French striker took the opportunity to strike a big blow on Sunday evening at La Mosson. Kylian Mbappé scored a nice hat-trick against Montpellier before taking off towards Clairefontaine to join the Blues at the start of the week. Even if he seemed behind at the start of the match, the native of Bondy did not lack precision on a good service from Kolo Muani in the first act (0-2, 23rd). After suffering like his entire team, it was he who showed the way in this second half by unleashing a sublime cannon shot from outside the area. His attempt flirted with the crossbar before entering the cages of Dimitry Bertaud who went to get the ball in his net three times because of the captain of the France team. Mbappé leaves La Mosson with a big smile and the match ball.
Nordin floated
The Montpellier winger caused a lot of problems in the Parisian defense in the first act. Arnaud Nordin made Beraldo dizzy for 45 minutes. On his usual right side, the former Stéphanois seemed in great shape for this clash with PSG. In a first situation he could have obtained a penalty after contact with the Brazilian defender, who had knocked him off balance once he entered the area after a good ride. But the native of the capital did not give up, quite the contrary. He is also rewarded after having perfectly followed a cross deflected by the Parisian defense, where he takes the time to adjust the Italian goalkeeper with a header from close range. His races will have greatly unbalanced the Parisian block which must not have been unhappy to see him replaced quite early in this meeting (60th) by Michel Der Zakarian.
FLOPS
Donnarumma relaunched the MHSC
The goalkeeper did not have a great night, unlike his last performances in the championship or the European Cup. Gianluigi Donnarumma did not seem as calm in his zone as usual. Despite some good outings at the start of the match, he was first beaten by Nordin with a header, before conceding a penalty after a foul on a very poorly managed outing. With this gift offered to Téji Savanier who did not ask for so much to bring his team up to par, the Italian goalkeeper almost single-handedly revived the hopes of the MHSC in this part. On his restarts, he was nevertheless excellent and showed that he continued to progress on this point.
Barcola falls back into his faults
The young Frenchman did not weigh in on this meeting as expected. However with the absence of Ousmane Dembélé, Bradley Barcola seemed legitimate to recover this position of winger who hits and sets fire to the opposing defense with his speed and his dribbling before serving Mbappé. But the former Lyon player did not fulfill this role at all. Sticking to his line, the winger failed to break away in order to get the leather to bring speed. With only 30 balls touched, the one who was gaining momentum recently, fell back into the failings that he was accused of at the start of the year.
The Montpellier defense lacked solutions
The entire MHSC back line had a very complicated evening. Unable to keep up with the depth and speed of the Parisian attackers, the Montpellier block paid dearly on the counterattacks in the first act. Returning from the locker room, deciding to play lower and tighter, the men of Der Zakarian did not seem to find the solution to stop the Parisian wrath either. They never managed to adapt and too often left their opponents alone at the edge of the area. Whether it was Vitinha (14th), Mbappé (49th) or Lee (51st), the latter did not require so much to adjust Dimitry Bertaud who worked more to recover the leather at the bottom of his nets than to deflect it of its frame. The last minute absence of Benjamin Lecomte in the Montpellier cages, coupled with a defense that no longer knew where to turn, and now the MHSC found itself conceding 6 goals at home.
