Keylor Navas in his works facing Lille, Wednesday March 17.
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By beating Losc (3-0), PSG qualified for the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France on Wednesday.
Paris, collectively limited, was carried by a precious Navas in his cages and by Mbappé, author of a double.
At the Parc des Princes,
Weird feeling at the end of this Parisian qualifier without trembling of the chin on the
scoreboard
.
The reason ?
We're pretty sure Lille would have passed if Yilmaz hadn't seen a Navas bigger than an elephant in a gift duel early in the match, perhaps unwittingly attracted by that flashy orange jersey of the Costa Rican goalkeeper.
The result was not much more relaxing for Paris, but the facts of the game had chosen their side.
A combined blunder from Maignan and Djalo, a strike on the bar from Yilmaz, an avoidable foul from Celik, thank you,
arrivederci
Roma.
28 goals for Mbappé already
In short, PSG is in the quarterfinals thanks to a huge goalkeeper, constantly levitating in 2021 (three penalties stopped in a row), and his leopard attack Kylian Mbappé (28 goals despite injuries and slack shots) .
This one had to stay wisely warm until the last quarter of an hour but from the moment it was necessary to replace Icardi, injured, why play with the handbrake?
For the rest, nothing good to report, except a flash or two from Rafinha in the middle and a good general defensive attitude, in particular from the duo Gueye-Paredes.
Lille dominated the match from almost all ends, betrayed by its lack of efficiency and the average level of Djalo, far from that of the taulier Fonte.
But frankly, Pochettino didn't care much about it.
The score qualifies it, and the overall impression, everything went to him after three agitated days on the side of the Parisian players, who were said to be traumatized by the burglary affair.
Di Maria and Marquinhos however held their place, "after discussion with them and their family", and rather well.
“I am satisfied with the incredible state of mind shown by the team.
This victory is entirely to their credit, and to those of the families of the players who have magnificently supported the players, at a difficult time for everyone.
Reason leaves room for the heart at such times.
People are the priority ”.
⚽⛔ Keylor Navas is impassable from the penalty spot!
A week after Lionel Messi in the Champions League, it is Yusuf Yazici who stumbles on the Parisian goalkeeper!
PSG keep 2 goals ahead #PSGLOSC
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- France tv sport (@francetvsport) March 17, 2021
PSG must "recharge the batteries"
He wrote the article of Navas, "one of the best goalkeepers in the world, very competitive in all matches", then of Kylian Mbappé, "extraordinary in all the positions where he plays", and everyone was asked to come home to eat without making a fuss.
No, the PSG did not lower the tension in the second half, it is simply "Lille which pushed because it was led, as Paris would have done otherwise".
It's been a while since we saw PSG push anyone to its limits, if we omit the evening of Camp Nou, which appears more and more like a comet in this season. where Parisians do not dominate anyone over time, including in France.
Pochettino all the same conceded at the end that his team needed "to find more energy" during the international break, "to recharge the batteries" in order to face "the two months of madness" which await the PSG still engaged in all competitions despite a level of play in the form of Uzbek mountains.
The thesis of the physical breakdown holds up in this interminable season, but OL still have to grapple with Sunday before taking a break.
While waiting for Neymar, even longer than Godot, Navas can already heat the gloves and Mbappé sharpen his points.
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