Paris continues its march forward. PSG signed its tenth victory of the season in the league against Ajaccio (3-0), Friday, October 21, at François Coty, at the start of the 12th day of Ligue 1. Dominating and carried by a Lionel Messi-Kylian Mbappé duo in great form, the Parisians took the best of valiant Ajacciens, but too limited to worry them.
When Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé are in good shape, everything smiles in Paris, which easily mastered the promoted Ajaccien, 18th in Ligue 1. Involved in the three goals of the evening, either in the last gesture or in the penultimate pass, the two attackers made a very good copy. Opposite, the Ajacciens tried to take advantage of set pieces to be dangerous, but they failed to move the Parisian machine.
On the lawn of the François Coty stadium, the Parisians broke away thanks to the inevitable Mbappé-Messi duo. In the absence of Neymar, suspended, the French and the Argentinian held the Parisian attack with a certain complicity. Well served by a nice deep pass from Messi, the native of Bondy came to open the scoring and unblock the situation in the first period (24th).
Messi doubled the bet for PSG at the end of the game, after a magnificent combination in one touch of the ball with Juan Bernat and the Frenchman, decisive passer (79th). Kylian Mbappé took care of the third and last goal with an unbalanced shot from the right, on a new assist from the former Barcelona player (82nd).
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An offensive festival for the two men, who took the opportunity to heal their statistics. With his ninth and tenth achievements of the season, Mbappé takes the lead in the scorers’ rankings ahead of his teammate and absentee for the evening, Neymar. Author of his ninth assist, Messi joins Kevin De Bruyne as the best passer in Europe. Enough to breathe new life into the capital club, which had not won by more than one goal difference in Ligue 1 since the beginning of September and the trip to Nantes (3-0).
The gap could even have been even heavier if Christophe Galtier’s men had been more effective. Despite 65% possession and overall control of the game, they only returned to the locker room with a narrow lead. Evening striker Kylian Mbappé spoiled a bit before setting the sights. Alone in front of goal after a caviar from Achraf Hakimi (37th), he swung the ball in the sky, then he again missed the target at the end of the race a few minutes later (42nd).
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Behind the attacking duo, the other players of the Parisian eleven struggled to find the light. The solution could have come from the linings, Carlos Soler, Fabian Ruiz and Renato Sanches, propelled holders after the turnover imposed by Christophe Galtier to compensate for the absences (Neymar and Sergio Ramos suspended, Nuno Mendes injured). But they did not seize the opportunity to shine, and did not particularly pull out of the game. Hit in the ankle, Sanches was replaced from the hour mark, followed ten minutes later by Ruiz.
After this victory, PSG is more than ever leader of the championship, and has a provisional six-point lead over its runner-up Lorient. Full of confidence before finding Maccabi Haifa on Tuesday on the European stage, to try to validate their qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League.