Amiens (AFP)

On the flip side, a captain in bad shape; side face, a young "Titi" double scorer: three days before the European shock in Dortmund, Thiago Silva was very worrying Saturday in Ligue 1 in Amiens, while the young Tanguy Kouassi saved PSG (4-4).

If the Brazilian was involved in the three goals from Amiens, the club of the capital can thank his young central defender (17 years old) who put his team back on track with a double header in the second half.

Faced with the 13th attack by L1, the Parisian defense, the best in L1 before the game, was very nervous and cracked no less than four times, including three in the first period.

- Silva at bay -

The Brazilian captain of Paris SG had a nightmare match on the lawn of the Unicorn stadium. Silva, who had replayed an hour on Wednesday in the quarterfinal of the Coupe de France in Dijon (6-1) after missing the previous four games due to thigh pain, seemed to lack rhythm and benchmarks.

On the first goal of Amiens, the fastest cashed by PSG this season, he was taken in his back by an opening from Gaël Kakuta yet a little crushed for Sehrou Guirassy, ​​who placed the ball between the legs of Keylor Navas (1-0, 5th).

On the second Picardy achievement, Silva, positioned far too far from Kakuta, was too passive and was punished: served at the right angle of the Parisian surface, the Amiens wisp fired a missile at the nose and at the beard of the Brazilian who came to stay in the opposite skylight of Navas (2-0, 29th).

Stunned, Paris did not react and even conceded a third goal a few minutes later: once again involved, Silva does not manage to hinder Diabaté, whose strike which he deflects ends in the back of the net after hitting the left post of the Parisian cage (3-0, 40th).

The Paris captain finally gave up his place at half-time to his compatriot Marquinhos, also back from injury. However, this decision was made before the start of the match since Thomas Tuchel announced it on Canal +.

- Providential kouassi -

Not very serene defensively, like all the Parisian defense, like a loss of ball which offered a big opportunity to Amiens (26th), the powerful Kouassi revived PSG on the hour of play in scoring two goals in quick succession, each on a corner.

On the first, he rose higher than Guirassy to allow Paris to reduce the gap (2-3, 60th), then he did it again five minutes later by getting rid of the Amiens marking to equalize in front of the goalkeeper Régis Gurtner, who had missed his release (3-3, 65th).

A memorable double for the young Parisian, who does not yet have a professional contract with his training club ...

However, the defender lacked resources on one of his last sprints and could not prevent Guirassy from tearing the equalizer for Amiens in added time (4-4, 90th + 1).

With another goal from a defender, Ander Herrera, aligned to the position of right side, who woke up Paris just before the break (45th), the Paris defense was very effective, but not on the side of the field where we expected ...

Not very reassuring three days before a crucial match against Borussia Dortmund, which paradoxically also displays great difficulties in defense, but not in attack ...

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