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A year after a penalty from Kylian Mbappé in Toulouse, it was Lee Kang-In, at the start of the match in Le Havre on Friday evening, who scored PSG’s first goal of the season.
Who will be piling up the goals for PSG in the absence of Kylian Mbappé, who is capable of scoring 40 times a season? Luis Enrique’s team did not wait long to open the scoring in the opening match of the new Ligue 1 season at Le Havre on Friday night. Lee Kang-In got the Rouge et Bleu going with a left-footed shot that beat Arthur Desmas in the 3rd minute of the match. The South Korean attacking midfielder finished his first season with five goals for PSG.
It was Mbappé who was the first Parisian goal scorer last year. The Parisians failed to score against Lorient at the Parc des Princes (0-0) in their first match, and they only managed to get a point from a draw in Toulouse the following week. The prodigy from Bondy, then announced as leaving Real Madrid (after being left out of the team’s Asian tour), came on to score from a penalty in the second half on Saturday, August 19, 2023.
Without Mbappé, with a 5-man attack
“An exceptional goal in terms of construction, they managed to make the shift, to find players between the lines, then, when there are the five Parisian players between the four Le Havre defenders, the shift was made, the technical quality makes the difference”analyzed Patrick Vieira on DAZN 1 about this goal from Lee. The 98 world champion, coach of Strasbourg a month ago, is now a consultant for the new broadcaster of Ligue 1.
Luis Enrique continues to work with a 3-2-4-1 system in the offensive phase, as he did very often last year. During moments of possession in the Normandy camp, Achraf Hakimi sometimes placed himself as a right central attacking midfielder, in the interline. The Moroccan full-back was in a high position on this 1-0 move, with a pass to Gonçalo Ramos who found Lee Kang-In on the right of the area. The Spanish strategist must have appreciated this goal-scoring move.
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