L1: PSG scores a big victory in Angers

Continuation of the 11th day of Ligue 1 this Saturday evening with the PSG match on the Angers pitch. Luis Enrique’s team, which was coming off a cruel defeat in the Champions League against Atlético de Madrid (1-2), needed to reassure itself and especially from an offensive point of view. The opportunity was perfect against a modest Angevin team, 15th in the standings at kick-off. For the occasion, Paris presented itself with a revised eleven. If Donnarumma started in goal, Luis Enrique decided to trust Skriniar in the middle to replace Pacho and Lucas Beraldo on the left to give Nuno Mendes a break. In midfield, the very young Mayulu was lined up while the attacking trio was made up of Barcola, Asensio and Lee in a right winger role. And this offensive trio wasted no time in crushing the opposing defense. After 45 minutes, PSG logically led (4-0) thanks to doubles from Kang-in Lee and Bradley Barcola. The South Korean striker got the ball rolling by receiving two good serves from Asensio (17th, 20th). Positioned in this role of false 9, Asensio again transformed into a passer for Barcola, his third offering of the evening (3-0, 31st). Finally, the former OL player also scored his double at the end of the first period (4-0, 45th) on a serve from… Kang-in Lee.

Enough to give a smile to Luis Enrique who continued his big turnover from the start of the second half. Achraf Hakimi gave way to young Yoram Zague while Barcola was also replaced by Désiré Doué. The second act began with a long interruption after tennis balls were thrown onto the lawn to protest against the LFP. Finally, the meeting resumed after many minutes, but at a very leisurely pace. PSG, in management, was content to keep the ball rolling. Luis Enrique even allowed himself an original composition. At the hour mark, he decided to bring Dembélé and Kolo Muani into attack and bring down Asensio and Kang-in Lee as relay runners with Fabian Ruiz as sentry. Kolo Muani tried to go for his goal to gain confidence, but he saw his shot being well repelled by Fofana (75th) and missed a ready goal a few meters from the cage (90th). Before him, it was Yoram Zague who came up against the SCO Ivorian goalkeeper. For his part, Doué did not really manage to shine against an Angers team who were quite naive in pressing. After a few attempts at the end of the match, notably from Kang-in Lee and Asensio, PSG conceded two goals. First a sublime goal from Lepaul with a crazy recovery to save honor before Biumla headed in added time. But the meeting still ended in a big Parisian victory (2-4). With these 3 points, PSG consolidates its first place and takes 6 points ahead of its runner-up Monaco. For its part, Angers may have regrets and remains one point from the red zone and will quickly have to move on to avoid going back down.