Paris (AP) – After loud whistles in their own stadium, especially for the superstars Neymar and Lionel Messi at the team presentation, Paris Saint-Germain started a rather modest reconciliation offensive with a mandatory victory.
The leaders of the French Ligue 1 won 3-0 (1-0) against bottom-placed Girondins Bordeaux without much brilliance.
After Kylian Mbappé made it 1-0 in the 24th minute, Neymar (52nd) and Leandro Paredes (61st) increased after the break. Julian Draxler and Thilo Kehrer were substituted on by coach Mauricio Pochettino shortly before the end.
With 65 points, PSG, who were eliminated by Real Madrid in the round of 16 in the Champions League during the week, are clearly ahead of OGC Nice (50) in the French championship. Messi and Neymar in particular were whistled at by the fans of the capital club, and many seats in the stands in the Parc des Princes also remained vacant.
The day before, the organized PSG fans had demanded the resignation of the management of the very rich club. This is not a personal attack on club boss Nasser Al-Khelaifi. You know how much you owe him for the comeback. “But you have to realize that he’s not the man of the hour,” it said. They then hung up a banner in the stadium asking them to resign, and when the final whistle sounded there was another whistle from the stands.