More worked than desired in the script that Paris Saint Germain intended, their eighth consecutive victory in the xigue 1, with which they maintain a six-point advantage over Monaco, suffered until the last second against Nantes (2-1), preceded a match in which they put their season in the Champions League at stake.
The start of the match foreshadowed a different development, no matter how much Luis Enrique had his mind on the Champions League. with the breaks to Dembélé, Marco Asensio or Gonçalo Ramos. It took just 18 seconds for Kylian Mbappé to create the first chance of the game. I feint with my body, dribble inwards and shoot centered. A mirage.
Paris Saint Germain is stuck four days away from risking its future in a competition that has become an obsession. Lacking midfielders and plenty of forwards, he ended up with up to six on the field desperately seeking victory. Without knowing how to decipher Nantes’ 4-5-1with two lines so close together that they boosted the rival’s individuality.
Arnau Tenas came to the rescue with a gliding flight to Mollet’s centered shot when the quarter of an hour was up, It was clear to Paris Saint Germain that to win they would have to match their rival in sacrifice. As lacking in rhythm as it was accelerated when the ball reached Kang In Lee, who found the pause to change the pace of the game.
There were four minutes left in the first act when Barcola, pure power attached to the left wing, drew the association to Lee, who extended the action with the first pass into space for the young Frenchman’s scoring debut. Heeled after his powerful run, he hit with quality far from the rival goalkeeper’s reach to put Luis Enrique’s team ahead.
On a dull night for Mbappé, who forgave the two finishing actions he had, Paris Saint Germain’s plans to win with as little effort as possible fell to the ground with a defensive problem for which there is no solution. Again weak from a set piece. Barcola losing the mark to Mohamed at the near post on a corner kick which the Egyptian striker finished off with power. Unstoppable for Arnau.
The blow made the Parisian team hesitate and Mohamed had the opportunity to make a comeback. He shot centered into Arnau’s hands with two teammates able to finish in a better position. It was the action that provoked Luis Enrique’s reaction from the bench.
I ended up turning to headlines, forced, after seeing Barcola forgive a one-on-one, with Mbappé in goal, sinning from selfishness after exhibiting virtues in the one-on-one race. He kicked the ball to Lafont and couldn’t find a goal.
Without harassment or offensive waves, but with individual push in Dembélé’s runs, a foul was decisive at the extreme. Lucas Hernández took advantage of Pierre-Gabriel’s mistake at the far post, whose header was left dead after the goalkeeper’s good intervention so that Kolo Muani could score the winning goal at will. He forgave Asensio’s sentence before an added suffering when Nantes, in desperation, caressed the post on Castelleto’s shot and was forgiven with a Mollet header.