Paris traces its route. PSG dominated a weak Montpellier team (5-2) at the Parc des Princes, Saturday August 13, on behalf of the second day of Ligue 1. The capital club temporarily takes the lead in the standings.
It’s over at the Parc des Princes @PSG_inside stands out against the @MontpellierHSC !
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Hooked by Montpellier residents well in place at the very start of the match, the Parisian players capitalized on individual errors by their opponents to take the lead. On an off-center strike from Kylian Mbappé, Falaye Sacko countered the ball into his own goal. Less than five minutes later, the Malian defender was guilty of a handball in contact with Lionel Messi, and Neymar won his face-to-face with Jons Omlin to make the break. PSG had already benefited from a penalty in the 23rd minute, but Kylian Mbappé had stumbled on the Swiss goalkeeper.
For his return to the Parisian jersey, after missing the first match in Clermont due to a little discomfort in the adductors, the French showed his legs and multiplied the calls on the front of the attack. But it has long lacked precision. Success ended up smiling at him, Mbappé scoring the fourth Parisian goal with an acrobatic sole from a corner (70th).
Neymar had in the meantime split a double on the return from the locker room (51st) to allow his people to take off. The Brazilian even came very close to the hat-trick, before being flagged offside. Third pawn of the attack, Lionel Messi offered a performance a little more subdued, less visible than in Clermont, but still valuable in the combinations.
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— Paris Saint Germain (@PSG_inside) August 13, 2022
The Parisian coach, Christophe Galtier, took advantage of the large advantage of his team to rotate his workforce and offer his first minutes of play to Renato Sanches, the latest Parisian recruit. The Portuguese immediately distinguished himself by becoming a scorer on his first ball (87th). Reims defector Hugo Ekitike also grabbed a few minutes from the field at the end of the game.
Non-existent offensively during the first 45 minutes, weighed down by their errors, the Montpellier residents took advantage of the drop in pace in the second half to project themselves out of their half of the field. Wahbi Khazri took the opportunity to reduce the gap alone against goal after a first shot blocked by Elye Wahi (58th), his first goal in the Montpellier jersey. The young Enzo Tchato added a second achievement in the pocket at the very end of the game. The first two goals conceded by Paris this season, the only black spot of the evening for PSG. A meager consolation for the Héraultais, who suffered their first setback of the season at the Parc des Princes.