PSG regains control
The Parisians have been looking to break Lyon’s big rhythm for a few minutes by turning the ball from left to right in the middle. After a long streak, Mbappé finds a flaw in the area and shifts Messi, who seeks to shift Hakimi again to the right. A Lyonnais intervenes.
Another bloody OL! (0-1)
There is better for the Lyonnais, who still get an opportunity. This time it’s Toko Ekambi who opens a shot angle to the left, and fires a powerful shot. Donnarumma captures in two stages by closing well at his first post!
Lacazette saw her in it!!! (0-1)
What a huge situation for the Lyonnais!! On a placed attack, Tolisso sees the call of Lacazette towards the far post and serves him with an ideal cross. Facing the goalkeeper, the Les Gones striker takes a header that passes a few centimeters from the post!!
Finally an opportunity for OL
Lyon finally has a situation to exploit, on the counter. Dembélé and Toko Ekambi combine well but the Parisian defense managed to withdraw in an emergency. The action ends in a strike well above Dembélé, but this attack must give ideas to the Lyonnais.
Lyon in doubt
Groupama Stadium continues to encourage and does not let go of its players, who no longer see the ball. Even when they recover it, the players of Bosz do not manage to carry it to the opposing surface.
Mbappé’s strike! (0-1)
It plays very fair on the Parisian side, with passes at the right tempo and an oiled collective game. Mbappé inherits the ball in the center and triggers a dry shot that Lopes captures while lying down!
Paris doesn’t let go
The Lyonnais suffer and fail to get rid of the Parisian stranglehold. PSG recovers the balloons higher and higher, faster and faster. Messi is launched into the area by Mbappé on the left, and tries the dive on Lopes who counters his attempt.
The double was not far away for Messi!! (0-1)
The gap is found again by the Parisians on a new lightning movement. Neymar is shifted with space to the left, he puts back on Messi again. The Argentinian sees his strike repelled, Fabian Ruiz follows and shoots in turn. It’s pushed back a few meters from the line by a defender!!
Danilo is vigilant behind
Very good defense from Danilo in his area on a clever delivery from Lacazette. The Parisian defender contains the arrival of Tetê well and clears the danger.
State
This is Messi’s 4th goal in Ligue 1 this season, on Neymar’s 7th assist.
GOOOOO MESSI, 0-1 FOR PSG!!!!
Paris is already launched thanks to the inevitable Neymar-Messi duo! The Parisians place their first offensive, made up of nice movements and a first acceleration from Messi. The Argentinian leans on Neymar at the entrance to the surface, who hands it over to him. Messi takes over without control and already deceives Lopes with a perfect curl at the near post!
Neymar and Messi look fit
Mastery is more on the Parisian side in its first minutes, where Neymar and Messi show themselves and participate largely in the development of the game of PSG.
The intensity is there
Beginning of intense meeting, where the two camps give themselves to the pressing and want to attack quickly when they recover. Groupama Stadium really gives voice to push its players.
Let’s go to Groupama Stadium! (0-0)
It was the Lyonnais, in white, who kicked off this big Ligue 1 shock!
Kick-off is imminent!
The actors enter the lawn of a Groupama Stadium for great evenings, accompanied by the referee of the match, François Letexier.
The absent Parisian supporters
On borrowed time after using pyrotechnic devices against Nantes, the Parisian supporters were finally sanctioned by the LFP and banned from traveling to Groupama Stadium this Sunday evening by a prefectural decree.
PSG deletes its controversial tweet after the minister’s pressure
A few days after the sand yachting controversy, PSG had again been talked about since the capital club posted a video – sponsored by Qatar Airways – showing behind the scenes of the trip to Lyon, which the Parisians joined by plane. The Minister Delegate for Transport, Clément Beaune, had not failed to react. And faced with the rising controversy, the Parisian club immediately deleted his post.
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The magical Parisian trio lined up, first for Dembélé
Paris, in the absence of Presnel Kimpembe and Renato Sanches (thigh injury), retains its 3-4-3. Achraf Hakimi returns to his position as right piston, the central defense is made up of Danilo Pareira, Marquinhos and Sergio Ramos. Fabian Ruiz holds in the middle, to breathe Vitinha. Keylor Navas is back on the bench.
On the Lyon side, in addition to Jérôme Boateng and Julian Pollersbeck, Houssem Aouar is missing. Moussa Dembélé is in attack for the first time this season, alongside Alexandre Lacazette. OL are playing in a rather ambitious system, going from their usual 4-3-3 to an attacking 4-4-2 with the duo Tetê-Toko Ekambi on the wings.
Paris wants to regain its throne
A little less bloody lately, with a sluggish victory against Brest on Saturday (1-0) and a scare against Maccabi Haifa in C1 on Wednesday (3-1), Paris will try to win a seventh victory to regain its place as leader stolen by OM a little earlier. Opposite, the Lyonnais are fifth and at a standstill in the Championship. OL have just had two worrying losses in Lorient (3-1) and Monaco (2-1), after five games without defeat to start the season.
High-flying duel
A still undefeated PSG, better attack and better defense, carried by a Messi-Neymar-Mbappé trio on a small cloud, challenges Lyonnais accustomed to bothering them on the domestic scene in recent years. The clubs will then take a break for two weeks due to the international break.
The compositions of OL-PSG, with Fabian Ruiz starting on the Parisian side for the first time
OL: Lopes – Gusto, Mendes, Lukeba, Tagliafico – Tolisso, Caqueret – Tete, Lacazette, Dembélé, Toko Ekambi.
PSG: Donnarumma – Ramos, Marquinhos, Danilo – Hakimi, Verratti, Ruiz, Nuno Mendes – Messi, Mbappe, Neymar.
The Minister of Transport tackles the PSG, which travels to Lyon by plane and promotes it
Clément Beaune, Minister Delegate for Transport, tackled PSG on Twitter. The capital club has published a video of the trip of the players, who joined Lyon by plane with their partner Qatar Airways. “To err is human, to persevere…”, he wrote on Twitter.
The probable composition of OL, with a change of system
After two consecutive defeats against Lorient and Monaco, Peter Bosz should change his system this Sunday by opting for a 4-2-3-1 with the first tenure of Moussa Dembélé this season. Number 9 from Lyon will be associated in tip and Alexandre Lacazette would be in support. The four-man defense must be renewed with a Thiago Mendes-Lukeba hinge.
The probable line-up of OL
Lopes – Gusto, Mendes, Lukeba, Tagliafico – Caqueret, Tolisso – Tete, Lacazette (cap), Toko Ekambi – Dembele.
(EJ)
The probable line-up of PSG
For the match against OL, Christophe Galtier should have no surprises at Groupama Stadium. Compared to the team that won against Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League, Achraf Hakimi should return to the Parisian 3-4-3.
The probable line-up of PSG
Donnarumma – Danilo / Marquinhos / Ramos – Mendes / Vitinha / Verratti / Hakimi – Messi / Mbappe / Neymar
(F H)
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