Leo Messi scored the first goal for Paris on his visit to Nice. (AFP)
Paris Saint-Germain is weathering the threat of crisis for the moment with a soothing 2-0 win in Nice thanks to goals from Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos, this Saturday for matchday 30 of Ligue 1.
The Argentinian’s goal (26′) was the just reward for the greatest dominance and chances of the psg in the first part, although the second period was of absolute control of the Nicewho had several chances to equalize and ended up paying for the lack of aim when bouquets sentenced with a header (76 ‘) in a corner kick launched by Messi.
Despite the victory, at PSG the bad performance of Kylian Mbappécrowned in discount with a shot into the clouds when the local goalkeeper was not in the goal (90 + 2 ‘).
The ‘Blues’ star thus closes a very difficult week, in which he gave the club a fight by showing his disagreement with the use of the footballer’s image in a campaign to attract season tickets for the next season.
The victory in Nice, however, calms the atmosphere for now in the ambitious Parisian club, since a third consecutive defeat could have triggered a crisis of unthinkable proportions in the capital entity.
With this victory, the leader of the league 1 reaches the 69 points and maintains the lead of six over Lens, who defeated Strasbourg 2-1 on Friday.
Marseille, who will close the day by visiting Lorient (10th) on Sunday, could level Lens on points if they win their game.
In the other match brought forward to Saturday, Lille lost 1-0 in their visit to bottom club Angers and thus loses a good part of their chances of fighting for the podium, which gives them access to play in the next edition of the Champions League, by being 8 points behind Marseille, which could be 11 on Sunday.
