The week ends as it began for Paris FC: with a smile. Six days after its exploit on the pitch of the Parc des Princes in the Coupe de France, Monday evening (1-0), the PFC offers itself a very nice blow with this victory on the pitch of FC Nantes, this Sunday late afternoon (1-2).
To see the first ten minutes of this meeting, we could easily have imagined the Parisians leaving the Beaujoire stadium leaving a suitcase there. But it was ultimately through fighting that Paris managed to snatch 3 points on the Canaries’ pitch.
A great start for the Parisians
Salvation will come from the newcomer: the Italian Luca Koleosho, who arrived on loan from Burnley on January 9, celebrated his first minutes in Ligue 1 with a goal at the end of the match, well placed to push a good cross from Hamari Traoré from the right into the back of the net. (1-2, 78e).
Before that, Paris thought it would return from Nantes frustrated, even enraged. Because the station wagon could have — should have? — be done from the 9th minute. A few moments after the opening of the score inspired by Kebbal, with a shot pressed low to the ground after a guilty loss of the ball by Coquelin (0-1, 6e)Alamamy Gory was denied the 0-2 goal by VAR.
The decision to sanction Jean-Philippe Krasso in this duel won against Ibrahima Sissoko may seem harsh, as the Ivorian fought like hell to keep the ball and serve his teammate, alone on the left. In the commotion, the Parisian striker stepped on the foot of the Nantes player… cruel, but promising: Paris seemed set for a great match.
Air in the race to maintain
The rest was calm, very calm. The Parisians let the Nantais return home, and ended up being punished by a superb inspiration from Mathis Abline, who sent a dry half-volley into the top corner of Kevin Trapp, as soon as they returned from the locker room (1-1, 50e). A pure goalscorer’s gesture, and the third achievement from the young man from Nantes, on the Parisian shelves last summer, this season.
This success not only keeps the PFC in a good dynamic: it represents a great operation in the ranking for the other club of the capital, which climbs to 13th place (19 points) and takes 5 points ahead of its opponent of the evening, 16th and play-off (14 pts). Points which will, inevitably, count in the race to maintain.
