PSG-Toulouse (1-3): a defeat before the party

Let it be said: football was not really the main character this Sunday evening at the Parc des Princes, for the Toulouse reception. And in a way, it’s a bit as if he knew it, and had relegated himself to the background to leave their share of the popular attention to all the sidelines, from the celebration of the 12th title of champion of France to the emotional farewells of speaker Michel Montana or Keylor Navas, including the discovery of the new home jersey and, obviously, the last steps of Kylian Mbappé on this lawn.

Welcomed by a pretty tifo bearing his image deployed by Virage Auteuil, the Parisian number 7, ghostly five days earlier against Dortmund, had apparently found his legs.

They were useful for him to trigger a call on the edge of offside on a pass from Arnau Tenas which lobbed the entire Toulouse block. Launching alone against Restes, he bid farewell to the Park with one of his specials, eliminating the opposing goalkeeper with a right hook to finish with a left and the public, who had whistled at him in the preamble, was unable to retain his joy at seeing him shake his nets one last time (1-0, 8th).

A light and good-natured atmosphere

Neither the equalizer in the wake of gunner Violet Thijs Dallinga (1-1, 13th), nor the technical-tactical approximations of a team composed almost entirely of second knives (Tenas, Mukiele, Ugarte, Soler…) , nor even the sumptuous goal from Yann Gboho to give the advantage to TFC (1-2, 69th) and the third from Magri (94th) spoiled the party.

Like last season, PSG lost their last match of the season at home. A nasty habit which marks a fourth match in a row without a victory for Luis Enrique’s men. But this Sunday evening, the important thing was elsewhere. With 20 minutes left on the clock, the technicians were already busy preparing the podium on which Paris would receive its trophy. So the Park sang for the last time of the season in a light and good-natured atmosphere, celebrated its champions and said a few farewells. As expected.