Bordeaux (AFP)
And here is Kyky! The Paris SG found a little color at the same time as its executives and spearhead prodigy striker Kylian Mbappé to beat the Girondins de Bordeaux with a new goal from his other star Neymar (1-0), Saturday at the the 8th day of Ligue 1.
Before their trip Tuesday to Istanbul in the Champions League against Galatasaray, and three days after their humiliating defeat at the Parc devant Reims (2-0), the Parisians have resumed their seat of leadership in Nantes, ephemeral first rank after his unexpected success in the afternoon in Lyon (1-0).
Decidedly, Mbappé's returns are regularly smashing. Injured against Toulouse (4-0) in the left thigh on August 25, the world champion missed four matches in Ligue 1 (3 wins and 1 loss) and the success against Real Madrid (3-0).
Recovered, he came in the 60th minute and PSG suddenly began to play better ... It did not take him more than ten minutes to make a difference: on the right, he served in the form of " caviar "to the ground Neymar who had only to conclude the second post (70). He saved the match of the Brazilian, clumsy the rest of the time.
- A big Costil -
Without a great Benoit Costil, Mbappé, the star of French football, could have made the difference even earlier. But the goalkeeper came out well on his shot (63). And a little later, the same Costil prevented him from placing a pretty lob (79).
It is finally a habit for the international to illuminate the grounds when he comes back from injury or suspension ... In September 2018 after a month of absence following an expulsion, he had already given a decisive pass to Neymar.
After his final lost against Rennes, and another exclusion, he had signed a double. To celebrate the world title acquired with the Blues, he had reappeared at Guingamp, this time also achieving a double, synonymous with victory Parisians (3-1).
The good form he has already posted also arrives at the right time for the Blues: Thursday, Didier Deschamps must announce his list for the international meetings in October.
Fortunately for PSG his prodigy striker is back to make a difference. For a long time his teammates seemed unable to get out of the pressing dry and a team that plays a compact way as the Bordelais who had only one goal: take no chances. A little like the matches they had played, and won against Strasbourg or Lyon.
This time, the Parisian coach Thomas Tuchel could not have taken refuge behind the absence of the executives. In order to restore confidence to his team in the European perspective, he has in fact handed over almost all his incumbents on the field with Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Angel Di Maria, and Idrissa Gueye, previously preserved, but all present this time at kick-off. Only the expected return in the optics of the C1 Mauro Icardi, injured against Real and present in Bordeaux on the bench, did not take place.
- Infertility -
Thus during the first period, the Parisians, as they know how to do, had the monopoly of the balloon. But generally in a very sterile way as it was often the case even in their success against Strasbourg (1-0) or Lyon (1-0). With the end, apart from a goal denied Pablo Sarabia for an offside early action (9), not really dangerous for the Bordelais. Except once, but Benoit Costil has well anticipated the lob Angel Di Maria (29).
For Bordeaux, after a series of six games without defeat (3 wins and 3 draws), it is a return to earth. But Paolo Sousa's men did not offer so much that they did not deserve better.
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