We had left Kylian Mbappé more than irritated after the match against Montpellier at the Parc des Princes, a week earlier (5-2), between goal not celebrated and “penalty gate” with Neymar. We found him radiant, as much as the Brazilian and Lionel Messi, his two friends from the Parisian attack, this Sunday in Lille.
PSG pulverized Losc at Pierre-Mauroy (1-7) with a hat-trick from the Frenchman, a double from “Ney” and a goal from the Argentinian (plus one from Hakimi). Mbappé also scored the fastest goal in Ligue 1 history, after just eight seconds of play. At the kick-off, Neymar served Marco Verratti back, who gave the ball back to the Parisian, which served Messi in the central circle, for a long opening and a lob of “Kyky” on Leo Jardim, the Lille goalkeeper. The record of Caennais Michel Rio during Caen-Cannes in 1992 is equaled (at the time, and until 2002, we were talking about D1 and not L1, if we want to quibble).
At the end of the meeting, Christophe Galtier was necessarily in heaven after this overwhelming success with one of his former teams, the third in three league days for a PSG already author of 17 goals (unheard of at this stage since the 18 goals of Stade Rennais in 1950-1951).
“A goal that we will not see again”
In front of the Prime Video cameras, the new Parisian coach returned to this opener, “dedicated to [son] technical staff “. “It’s a goal that we will not see again,” he laughed before evoking these inspirations. “Go see the Spanish or German championship, there have been goals like that,” he said, referring to Rayo Vallecano (Liga) as well as – not a Bundesliga club – but Bournemouth (Premier League) . “It’s a small dedication to our U19s who did this in the Youth League,” he added.
Beyond the anecdote, Galtier especially retained the complicity of his “MNM”. Besides the goals scored, Neymar provided three assists, including two for Mbappé, and Messi two (one for Mbappé and one for Neymar). And then, the way in which the French international stepped aside to let “Ney” plant his double on a cross from Achraf Hakimi, for the 0-5 (52nd), is well worth a “thimble” pass, even if it will not be counted as such in the stats…