Luis Enrique gives up five of his starters and doesn’t get beyond the 1-1 draw in Lorient. Pocognoli makes the Principality dream, while there are only four points between first and eighth place
PSG draws. And Marseille too. And the entire championship is enjoying it, with the top part of the table including eight teams on four points. PSG first, therefore, despite the 1-1 draw in Lorient. And Marseille third, after the 2-2 draw with Angers. In the middle there is Monaco, suddenly back to the surface, with a clear victory in Nantes, also overtaking Fonseca’s Lyon who however have the same points not only as Marseille, but also as Strasbourg and Lens.
illusions
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In Lorient, PSG’s first shot came after 37 minutes of play. And this explains the bland approach of Luis Enrique’s team lined up with an ambiguous 3-4-3, with Mendes in midfield and without Kvaratskhelia, Barcola, Vitinha, Neves and Pacho, all on the bench at the start. Massive turnover ahead of the Champions League. So Lorient did not suffer and PSG took the lead only in the second half, in the 4th minute with Mendes in two halves following a cross from the right by Doué. An illusion because on the first restart, the home team found the equalizer: Kouassi’s tense cross from the left, Chevalier cleared centrally and Silva fired powerfully into the net from outside. A worse illusion was experienced by Marseille who dominated everyone from above until the 6th minute of injury time in the second half. Thanks to the substitutions of De Zerbi who introduced the 18 year old Vaz in the second half, obtaining tough goals to overturn Angers’ lead thanks to the other 18 year old Cherif. But then Camara took care of imposing the final 2-2. Thus Marseille fell below Monaco who won 5-3 in Nantes: second success with the new coach Pocognoli. Strasbourg also remains in the mix with a 3-0 win over Auxerre. While Lyon went 3-0 in the first 58 minutes, before suffering a comeback from Paris FC in the last quarter of an hour.