After the humiliation by Real Madrid in mondovision (3-1), on March 9, in the Champions League, here is the beating of Sunday 1:00 p.m., the time chosen by the League to capture the Asian audience.

The Parisians have chained a fourth consecutive loss away, showing a face unworthy of their status.

Their problem is much broader than the integration of Lionel Messi, sick and absent on the Rock.

Apart from a few flashes from Kylian Mbappé in the second half, PSG suffered from the kick-off.

The capital club waited ten minutes to play the first time in the opposing camp!

If an image was needed to sum up this new ordeal, Wissam Ben Yedder's penalty (84th) would do the trick.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma started on the right side... but he deflected the ball into his net.

The ASM, which remained on a victory in the last eight meetings all confrontations combined, finds a little going, before the final stretch of the Championship, where the club must seek a place in the European Cup.

Upside down Paris

The double of Ben Yedder (25th, 84th sp), and the goal of Kevin Volland (68th), two attackers criticized for their inefficiency in recent weeks, rewarded the efforts of the Monegasques, biting.

Without several saves from Donnarumma (6th, 13th, 21st, 40th) or the clumsiness of Jean Lucas (10th), PSG would have touched the bottom of Port Hercule, near the Louis-II stadium, before halftime.

The Parisian players are no longer looking in the same direction as their coach Mauricio Pochettino, who assured Saturday that he had the "ability to continue" his mission.

They seemed to have their minds elsewhere, perhaps towards the qualifying play-offs for the World Cup-2022 at the end of March, like the Italian Marco Verratti, not at his level.

Or are they thinking of summer vacation.

Leandro Paredes' failed raises, Mbappé's frustrated body language, Presnel Kimpembe's penalty conceded... Everything went wrong for PSG, who played upside down - that's not how it is." Kyky", out of contract in June, will stay.

The end of the season promises to be very long.

Paris, which lost its 4th L1 match this season, is drifting towards its 10th national title, with a state of mind that promises it a new wave of disputes at the Parc des Princes, where the supporters have not forgiven it for the "rebound " suffered at the Santiago-Bernabéu stadium.

Fofana's impact

For a team that has won just one away game in Ligue 1 in the past four months, the international break comes at just the right time.

Monaco, too, needs to recharge the batteries after a trying sequence, marked by the brutal elimination in the knockout stages of the Europa League, by Braga.

At least Philippe Clement's men leave with a free head, thanks to this result which calms the heavy atmosphere around the sports management of the club, targeted by banners of angry ultras.

The Belgian technician's decision to establish Youssouf Fofana and Ruben Aguilar, substitutes Thursday in C3 (1-1), paid off, because the two players each made an assist.

The ASM can also rejoice to have found its executives, also criticized in recent weeks.

The first of them, captain Ben Yedder scored his 16th goal in L1 with a superb outside left foot.

The French international was involved in the 2-0 signed Volland, his attacking partner who had not found the back of the net in the Championship since December 22.

He too is recovering - it was he who caused the penalty converted by "WBY" -, just like goalkeeper Alexander Nübel, vigilant against Neymar (31st), Mbappé (50th, 79th) and Achraf Hakimi (72nd).

Paris has been generous...

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