PSG regains its throne as leader of the French championship. Traveling to the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, Sunday August 21, the Parisians inflicted a real slap on the Lille players at the end of the 3rd day of Ligue 1 (7-1).
On a magnificent combination from the kick-off, Kylian Mbappé, author of a hat-trick, quickly set the tone for a nightmarish evening for the locals, and prolific for the visitors. Lionel Messi, Neymar (twice) and Ashraf Hakimi all made Leo Jardim bend, without whom the bill could have been even more salty.
⚽️⚡️ Scorer after 8️⃣ seconds of play, @KMbappe scored against LOSC the fastest goal in the history of the @PSG_inside in official competition!
— Paris Saint Germain (@PSG_inside) August 21, 2022
Here again are Christophe Galtier’s men at the top. In light of tonight’s performance, they will be hard to dislodge. For the Mastiffs, on the other hand, a reaction is expected on Friday on the lawn of the promoted Ajaccien.
Between them, they took all the light. It even took less than 10 seconds for the stars of the PSG attack to confirm the successful performances achieved since the start of the season. Neymar, Messi then Mbappé, all had touched the leather at least once when the French world champion shook the nets of Léo Jardim for the first time (1-0).
If this opening of the score for the least precocious smelled good the combination repeated in training, the other achievements of the trio breathed more the individual talent put to the benefit of the collective. The one-two from Messi and Nuno Mendes, quietly concluded with the right foot by the Argentinian from the penalty spot (2-0, 27th), was the perfect illustration of this. Scorer then passer, “la Pulga” (the chip) gave the tempo to his friends in the attack. Then it was Neymar who made the show. By delivering a caviar for Ashraf Hakimi, first (3-0, 39th), then by concluding a new offering from Messi (4-0, 43rd), just before the break.
Upon returning from the locker room, the Frenchman and the Brazilian took seven minutes to make people forget the “penaltygate” of last week in Montpellier. Mbappé cleverly let the ball pass to Neymar for the double (5-0, 52nd). Seeing the two men fall into each other’s arms, smiling ear to ear, doubt could no longer exist. After the reduction of the score in the wake of Jonathan Bamba (5-1, 54th), the same Neymar put on his cape as the best passer in the championship, and the most decisive player in Ligue 1, to deliver a caviar in depth to the number 7 in Paris (6-1, 66th).
10 – Neymar has been involved in 10 Ligue 1 goals this season (5 goals, 5 assists), at least twice as many as any other player. In 2021/22, his total was 19 (13 & 6). Boosted. #LOSCPSG pic.twitter.com/UqDpEhGNHf
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) August 21, 2022
Game, set and match ? Not yet. The tricolor international (57 caps), true to his adage “Aren’t you happy? Triple!”garnished the nets of the Brazilian goalkeeper for the last time (7-1, 87th).
For his return to Lille, Christophe Galtier could not have hoped for a better show of force, armed to the teeth with his armada of stars. That was good, they really wanted to show their muscles. The champions of France seem, after only three days, already untouchable.