Décines-Charpieu (France) (AFP)

Who else? The superstar Neymar gave the victory to Paris SG on the lawn of Lyon (1-0), a goal that accelerates his redemption operation after his departure missed at Barça this summer.

Against Strasbourg last Saturday (1-0), for his first at the Park, he had signed his comeback of a magnificent return in extra time. This time, the style is less flamboyant, but the work is equally important for PSG and for the Brazilian.

With his N.10, the leader of the Championship has maintained the spark born of his demonstration against Real Madrid (3-0) Wednesday in the Champions League, despite the shower, the defense to five proposed by his hosts, and the absence of his attackers Kylian Mbappé, Edinson Cavani and Mauro Icardi.

Also, he digs a gap of seven points on OL that should not be a threat in the standings if he continues to chain such mixed performances.

Anyway, who could resist Paris if the "Ney" plays at this level? If his team appeared tired at times, like the ball lost by Idrissa Gueye from his first touch of the ball, the playmaker still has the magic to turn the middle matches into gold.

Neymar put his own, as if he had to respond to the Parisian ultra who doubt his involvement after he wanted to join Barca this summer. Each ball catch was a danger for OL, when he was not on the ground to claim a foul.

Dribbling to impress the spectators, roulades to annoy the defenders: in his style, the Terminator of the Championship "is back", even if he had to face the projectiles launched by the kop lyonnais when he drew the corners.

- Lopes best Lyonnais -

He could have written the film of his comeback of a great free-kick, diverted under the bar by Anthony Lopes (41), but he preferred to wait until the end (87) to put on the costume of superheroes that he loves so much, by shooting a cross shot from the left in the midst of four defenders Lyonnais.

Perfect until then, with several decisive parries (13, 22, 41), the Portuguese goalkeeper has long delayed the deadline.

The fact that he was the best Lyonnais of the evening suggests the extent of the work to be done for Sylvinho to resuscitate an attack that had already disappointed against Zenit St Petersburg (1-1) Tuesday in C1 - the Lyon performance suffers from the comparison with those of the last two years, which had each time been successful.

The locals, who have left possession to their rivals, have tried their luck only on cons. But like Real, OL was unable to frame one of his 12 attempts, neither Moussa Dembélé (21, 45) nor Memphis Depay (14). The similarity with the team of Zinedine Zidane, in full restructuring, is nothing flattering to the Rhodanians.

Lyon have not won any of their last five games in all competitions and are still waiting for the light. Paris, he already has his.

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