Football: Lille and PSG neutralize each other after a sad shock
The shock of Ligue 1 between Lille and PSG did not keep its promises (0-0), this Sunday, December 20.
REUTERS - PASCAL ROSSIGNOL
Text by: Tom Rossi Follow
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Lille and Parisians parted back to back (0-0) at the end of the 16th day of Ligue 1, this Sunday, December 20.
The LOSC takes back the lead of the championship at the end of this very dull shock.
Paris Saint-Germain remains third.
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It is another match at the top very bland in which Paris Saint-Germain took part, this Sunday, December 20.
A week after their sad defeat at home against Lyon (0-1)
, the Parisians failed to surprise a Lille team master in the art of waiting.
This shock between the leader and his runner-up, before this 16th day, leaves everyone unsatisfied.
At the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium, more than the two best attacks in the championship, it was above all the two best defenses that were expressed to offer us this sad 0-0.
A draw that especially benefits Lille, at the top of Ligue 1 with one point ahead of Lyon second, and PSG third.
Paris a little more enterprising
The duel between the most attractive team at the start of the season (Lille) and the best armed (Paris) has therefore never really started.
The Parisians had the monopoly of the ball (69.3%), it was expected.
But, they didn't do much with it.
Certainly, when we do the accounts, the best opportunities are in Paris: Kean deflected in the pigeon wing (42nd), Fonte very close to deceiving his own goalkeeper (45th), and again the Italian international served by Kurzawa (51st) .
But this PSG leaves this impression of purring without ever really accelerating.
Presnel Kimpembe after his decisive tackle on Burak Yilmaz during Lille-PSG, on December 20.
REUTERS - PASCAL ROSSIGNOL
The only flash of genius for Paris: a remarkable defensive tackle from Presnel Kimpembe on Yilmaz while the Parisian defender was alone against three Lille, and he had slammed a few strides before his intervention.
Heroic, the French international came out on injury in the wake (81st).
Lille gets what he was looking for
The LOSC, for its part, proceeded against.
There too, it was expected.
However, it is clear that the Lille only worried Navas once on a long shot from Yilmaz (75th).
A shot on target in total for Lille is too little for a title contender who was especially keen not to lose.
The entry into play for the last quarter of an hour of Kylian Mbappé, reduced on the day of his 22 years, did not have the expected effect.
Neymar, injured in the ankle was not there for this shock which had only the name.
And it is perhaps when he is absent that Parisians realize that he is important.
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