Ligue 1: Victory in extremis for Paris, Large for Lyon

Thanks to a penalty marked by Mbappé in the stoppages, PSG won 2-1 against RC Strasbourg. Neymar, on the other hand, received a red card after a simulation in the surface.

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Paris had to wait until the last minutes of play to snatch the victory against Strasbourg (2-1), by a goal from Kylian Mbappé, while Lyon, for his first outing under the era of his new owner John Textor, sent a message by spouting Brest (4-2) Wednesday December 28 during the sixteenth day of Ligue 1.

of a penalty which he had caused by speeding the defense of Strasbourg, Mbappé released his club, which was headed straight for the draw (90 ^{e +5). Holder with the desire to erase the painful memory of the final of the world lost against Argentina (3-3, 4 T.A.B. at 2), the star tried a lot, in vain, before wearing the final estocade.}

Previously, two players had shed light on the park, then his shadow: Marquinhos and Neymar. The defender, captain of PSG, opened the scoring from the 13th ^e minute by cutting a free kick very well struck by his compatriot Neymar. Revanchards after the elimination of Seleçao against Croatia in the quarter -finals, they then used Ligue 1 as an outlet.

But another goal from Marquinhos, against his camp this time, after a center of Thomasson that Gianluigi Donnarumma had anticipated (50 e ), then the expulsion of Neymar (62 e ), guilty of a simulation in the surface synonymous with a second yellow card, have changed their performance. Too bad because the n ° 10 of PSG had gratified the princes’ park of a sublime comma small bridge on Thomasson (45 e +1).

Paris therefore begins its second part of the season with a victory just before the end of 2022, and has eight points ahead of its Dauphin Lens, who plays Thursday.

Lyon starts from Plus belle

Nine days after the finalization of Lyon’s acquisition by the American John Textor, OL launched its rise in the ranking in Brest (4-2). Who better than the captain, Alexandre Lacazette, to put his team on the right rails? It is his center that the Maxence Caqueret medium, forgotten by Captain Brestois Brendan Chardonnet, resumed to open the scoring (21 e )

After the equalization of Mathias Pereira Lage, with a distant free kick but deflected by the Lyon Wall (28 e ), another player trained at the club, Rayane Cherki, gave the ‘ Advantage to OL, after a superb collective action (32 e ).

A penalty transformed with confidence by Lacazette then gave margin in Lyon (34 e ). It was still Chardonnet who had been at fault, deviating a cocktail strike with the hand. Tetê then scored a fourth goal after an ideal center of Karl Toko Ekambi, of the left foot (48 e

), before Steve Mounié reduce the gap (71 ).

Lille, Monaco and Ajaccio Victorieux

Earlier in the day, Lille had beaten Clermont (2-0) and Monaco had come to the end of Auxerre (3-2). This Lille victory allows them to stay in contact with the teams aimed at a ticket for the next Champions League (sixth, two points from the podium).

Angel Gomes transformed a penalty that he had obtained a few moments earlier, after a fault by Mateusz Wieteska (67 e ). The exclusion of Maximiliano Caufriez (90 e +1) for having mowed Timothy Weah, who went to the goal, then the goal of the old Clermontois Mohamed Bayo (90 +4) have ended the suspense.