Second consecutive draw for the Parisians, who stopped at Vitinha just a few days before the Champions League match against Salzburg. Now Marseille can shorten the lead
PSG tried in every way. Again creating an avalanche of chances, hitting the target 11 times, but each time finding an extraordinary Leon, the Auxerre goalkeeper who alone, in fact, forced the draw for Luis Enrique’s team. In Burgundy, it ends 0-0, thanks also to the only real intervention by Donnarumma, confirmed as the starter, and decisive in the second half on Traoré. However, the Emir of Qatar’s club remains empty and collects only one point. Not ideal in view of Tuesday’s Champions League match at Salzburg.
OPPORTUNITIES
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Beyond the usual obsessive possession, in the first PSG brought the danger to at least three occasions in the first half in the Auxerre goal. And taking advantage first of all of the pivot point Ramos, starter in the trident of an unprecedented 3-4-3 which actually transforms into 3-2-5 in the attacking phase because Hakimi pushes on the right as much as Mendes on the left, in a winger role . Zaire Emery plays full back. Ramos, therefore, who in the 18th minute took advantage of Ruiz’s cross. But Leon instinctively saves for a corner. And in the 33rd minute he closes on Mendes, who comes down from the left, duetting with Barcola, who has entered a phase of decline. Then Lee also tries from outside, but the South Korean’s shot from the edge ends up on the outside of the net (44′). Donnarumma remains alert, but unoccupied, because if Auxerre easily projects forward they are unable to produce any conclusions.
INSIST
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In the second half, PSG pushed even more decisively and opportunities abounded with Hakimi (4′ and 12′), Ruiz (8′), Lee (9′), and with Vitinha who turned in the area in the 24th minute and took the crossbar. But in most cases it is the home goalkeeper who makes the difference as he goes into ecstasy, closing in the 33rd minute on Kolo Muani, who was silenced again on the last chance, in an ultra-decisive duel in the 94th minute. In short, Leon is certainly the hero of the newly promoted team who even came close to taking the lead. But Donnarumma closed with clarity on Traoré in the 25th minute, at least avoiding the mockery. In Austria we will need to produce as much, but above all more concretely: “Let’s not lose faith and insist”, concludes Luis Enrique.
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