October 29, 2022, 14:14 PM
October 29, 2022, 14:14 PM
The Paris Saint-Germain maintained his advantage as leader by winning 4-3 at home against Troyes, this Saturday in the thirteenth round of Ligue 1, in a match where he went down on the scoreboard twice.
In the classification, the team from the capitalhe remains undefeated and remains five points ahead of second-placed Lens, who on Friday had provisionally moved within two units by beating Toulouse 3-0 (10th).
PSG stars, with the ‘MNM’ trio (Messi-Neymar-Mbappé) up front, they responded well to get their team out of trouble and leave the three points in the Parc des Princes.
Messi and Neymar were especially protagonistswith a goal and an assist each.
The Troyes, ranked eleventhtook an early lead in Paris, with a goal from Bisauguinean Mama Baldé in the 3rd minute.
on the 24th, equaled the Spanish Carlos Soler, after a great dribble after receiving an assist from Neymar, but Baldé put Troyes ahead again in the 52nd minute.
Messi then appeared as the architect of the Parisian reaction, with a powerful shot with his left foot in the 55th minute.
The Argentine star then provided perfect assistance for Neymar to define perfectly in minute 62, already putting the local team ahead on the scoreboard.
PSG’s offensive was total and the occasions kept happening over and over again. A fall in the Soler area was punished with a penalty and Mbappé joined the party, transforming that maximum penalty to sign the fourth of his own (77).
The Troyes gave emotion in the last minutes by shortening to 4-3 in minute 88, with a goal by Ante Palaversa, but the scoreboard did not move again and the three points stayed in Paris.
– Messi shines again –
Mbappé continues to lead the scorers table of the French league, now with 11 goals, followed by Neymar, who adds 10.
Messi has 7 goals in the championship French this season, although taking into account the other competitions, the Argentine’s data is 12 goals and 13 assists this season, a very good endorsement just three weeks before the World Cup in Qatar.
PSG did not receive three goals in the Parc des Princes from February 2020, when they also beat Bordeaux 4-3 in another French league game.
It is the third victory in a row for PSG in Ligue 1 and to this is added the qualification for the round of 16 of the Champions League, achieved mathematically this week with a spectacular 7-2 victory over Israeli Maccabi Haifa.
The French champion will arrive therefore with very good feelings for Wednesday’s game in Turin against Juventus, at the end of the Champions League group stage, where he aspires to finish as the leader of his key to theoretically have a better round of 16 match.
