PSG have Mbappé, but TFC have Aboukhlal. The two men scored from the penalty spot, and Toulouse stood up to the defending champion at the Stadium, Saturday August 19, on behalf of the 2nd day of Ligue 1.
We could expect, by discovering the team compositions of this TFC – PSG an hour before kick-off, that we would attend two games.
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The first without Kylian Mbappé or Ousmane Dembélé, too fair to start and left on the bench by Luis Enrique. And the second once the French world champions, who were expected to transform PSG, would have returned to the lawn. What happened in the 51st minute of play. But if Kylian Mbappé unblocked the situation for PSG from the penalty spot, Zakaria Aboukhlal answered him… also from the penalty spot. And it wasn’t stolen.
Paris without ideas
Whether with Mbappé and Dembélé or without, we cannot say that Paris was impressive, and the TFC may even regret not having been able to press more to take an advantage in the score which would not have seemed delusional , in the first period. As expected, the Parisians had the ball, a lot (almost 80% possession at half-time), but without doing anything dangerous with it.
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It was only Vitinha who could bring a little creativity: but after good passes from the Portuguese, Restes made the save on Hakimi (20) then saw Ramos shoot wide (39). Facing this dull and without idea, the TFC had chances in transition, but often lacked precision in the last gesture.
Dallinga put back badly for Diarra (15), or did not find Aboukhlal on his cross (28), while Desler, after a good comeback from the Violets on the left side, saw his shot make the Stadium shiver by passing from little to above the goal of Donnarumma (43).
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Toulouse resisted well
Everyone in the Toulouse ranks knew it and had repeated it before the match: to have a chance of beating the defending champion, you would have to be focused and irreproachable from the first to the last minute. Rasmus Nicolaisen was most of the time, showing himself to be extremely solid in the duels, which makes his few mistakes even more cruel.
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The first, a poorly controlled tackle on Ramos in the area just before half-time, was of no consequence since the linesman had raised his flag.
The second, when he was caught by a dribble from Mbappé and caught his foot, was more serious, leading to the opening of the score of the Parisian number 7 on penalty (0-1, 62nd). At that time, the Violets could bite their fingers, because if the entries of the two French world champions had indeed brought more danger to the edge of the surface, Guillaume Restes did not have more work, well protected by his defense and in particular an excellent Logan Costa vigilant on a strike from Vitinha after a festival of “Dembouz” (75) or against Mbappé (81, 90 + 5).
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And if Paris has the Bondynois to get him out of trouble, the TFC has Aboukhlal. Scorer in Nantes last Sunday, the Moroccan equalized again from the penalty spot after a foul by his compatriot Achraf Hakimi (1-1 87th).
Undefeated in two games, the Toulouse have won their bet.