After being crowned champion of Francethe Paris Saint Germain moved to the Meinau Stadium to seek a new victory. However, despite having a two-goal lead with 15 minutes remaining in the match, they ended up drawing. 3-3 before a Racing de strasbourg who is still struggling to reach the qualifying positions for European competitions.
The game did not start well for him. PSG – who went out with Lionel Messi, Neymar and Mbappé of starters – because the local cast found the advantage in just two minutes of play. Kevin Gameiro who won his back Kimpembeopened the scoring with a shot from his right foot following a good assist from Lucas Perrinwho left him in front of goal with a long, deep pass.
From there, the strasbourg he compacted his lines and began to move en bloc to shut down passing lanes all over the field. The directed of Julien Stephan They bothered the powerful Parisian cast on each possession and bet on hitting on the counterattack. Even the WAS annulled them a goal converted by Thomasson following a Ajorque offside in the previous action.
However, the Paris Saint Germain It is a team that does not forgive when spaces are opened and, in a passage that the locals sought to press high, Neymar he received the ball in midfield and saw Kylian Mbappé at full speed down the left wing. The Brazilian put in an exquisite filtered pass that allowed Mbappé make it 1-1 in the 24th minute.
After achieving equality, the Paris Saint Germain tried to give the game a frenetic pace but did not succeed, partly due to inaccuracies on the part of his offensive players but also due to a good defensive work by the Racing Strasbourg. Neither of the two teams was fine in the final meters and went into the break tied.
In the first minutes of complement, the possession was distributed and the closing of the encounter appeared totally uncertain. Development remained equitable until the Ligue 1 champion stepped on the accelerator and tipped the scales in his favor. First came the 2-1 converted by Achraf Hakimiwho appeared in the center to push a center from Kylian Mbappéwho then took advantage of a gross error of Djiku to be face to face with Sels and sign the 3-1.
At that moment, Stephan decided to move pieces and made a triple substitution: Perrin, Thomasson and Ajorque they left their places to The Merchant, Sissoko and Habib Diallowho was the protagonist of the second goal of the strasbourg. In the 75th minute, the Senegalese player headed in a corner kick taken by Prcic and his shot grazed Verratti before getting into the arc of Donnarumma.
It was a goal that revitalized the strasbourgwhich also detected the apathy of a Paris Saint Germain that did not finish settling the lawsuit. gamer and his own Diallo had chances to score the equalizer, but the goal of the 3-3 final was scored by Anthony Caci in it minute 92when there were only a handful of seconds left for the final whistle.
This was the second consecutive draw of a PSG who last Saturday equalized once morest Lens (1-1), a result that helped him to become champion. For his part, the Racing Strasbourg added a key point for his goal of qualifying for a European competition and extended his positive streak at home, where he has eight games without losing (five wins and three draws).
This was the match that opened the date 35 from Ligue 1a day marked by mourning Marseille-Lyon Sunday. To the box led by Mauricio Pochettino then there will be the clashes once morest Troyes, Montpellier y Metz to close the championship. Although they have already lifted the trophy, they will aim to finish the campaign with as many points as possible.
Formations:
Strasbourg: Salts; Guilbert, Perrin, Nyamsi, Djiku, Caci; Thomasson, Prcic, Bellegarde; Gameiro, Ajorque. DT: Julien Stephan
PSG: Donnarumma; Marquinhos, Ramos, Kimpembe; Hakimi, Verratti, Danilo, Bernat; Messi, Mbappe, Neymar. DT: Mauricio Pochettino
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
Estadio: Meinau Stadium
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