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Having been held for a while by Le Havre on Friday in the opening match of Ligue 1, PSG won thanks to two French internationals who came on in the second half: Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola.
In the absence of Kylian Mbappé, who will be able to pile up the goals for PSG? Luis Enrique’s players could simply share the goals this season. Because there are many talents. The French champion thought they had an “easy” match in Le Havre, at the start of the Ligue 1 season, thanks to a nice opening goal scored by Lee Kang-In (3rd). But the match turned around in the second half, with the Normans completely turning the match upside down, before, finally, a Parisian victory thanks to their luxury understudies of the evening.
Gautier Lloris equalized after the break, with a shot that surprised Gianluigi Donnarumma (48th). And Didier Digard’s players set the Stade Océane alight by scoring a second goal. Josué Casimir rushed to beat the Italian goalkeeper, but the goal was disallowed for a handball by the striker (54th). Randal Kolo Muani had just missed his one-on-one against Arthur Demas, who replaced Gonçalo Ramos who had injured his ankle in the first half (20th).
PSG takes advantage
It was three substitutes who made the difference: new recruit Joao Neves and French internationals Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola. “Dembouz” gave his team the lead with a header from a cross from Neves (85th), then in the next minute, Barcola dribbled to curl in a beautiful shot (86th).
“We cracked on a marking error, then we let go afterwards”regretted HAC defender Étienne Youté Kinkoué on DAZN 1, the new broadcaster of the French championship.
As injury time approached, Kolo Muani was brought down in the box and his teammates left it to him to open his account from the penalty spot (90th). “RKM” is barely reassured after 70 particularly difficult minutes up front. If Ramos is unavailable for a short while, Kolo Muani will have some playing time again when Montpellier receives him at the Parc des Princes next Friday. First clash of the season against Losc in two weeks!
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