By beating (4-3) the LOSC in stoppages thanks to a free kick from Messi, Paris-Saint-Germain ended a series of three consecutive defeats before his return match against Bayern Munich in Eighth finals of the Champions League.
by Jérôme Porier
Winner to the buzzer by four goals to three of an inspired Lille team, Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG) avoids sinking into the crisis, but he lost Neymar on injury. At the end of a great intensity match, the Parisians won on Sunday, February 19, thanks to a feat of Lionel Messi, author of an unstoppable free kick in the game stops.
Their success also owes a lot to Kylian Mbappé, author of a new XXL performance at the Parc des Princes. In the first period, the native of Bondy scored his 14 e goal of the season following a superb little bridge, only in front of five Lille.
the 24th injury de Neymar
The balance sheet of PSG is however tarnished by the new injury of Neymar. If the Brazilian star showed a net renewed form in the first period, scoring a goal full of opportunism on a clever discount of the Portuguese Vitinha, his ankle, once again, betrayed on the return from the locker room. It is the 24
Parisians had to win Sunday so as not to sink into the crisis. Marseille, Monaco, Bayern Munich: the club suffered three losses in a row before facing Lille. Since the club’s acquisition by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) in 2011, PSG had never lost four times in a row. The pressure was therefore very strong on pairs made up of coach Christophe Galtier and the sports director Luis Campos, the same who had led LOSC to the coronation during the 2020-2021 season.
After this success, PSG now has eight points ahead of Marseille, which faces Toulouse on Sunday evening. The Parisian club now has two championship games (Marseille and Nantes) to try to recover before him before trying to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, against Bayern Munich, March 8 (0- defeat 1 in the first leg).