2024-02-18 04:52:46
Paris (AFP)
International striker Kylian Mbappé continued his scoring hobby, when he came on as a substitute in the second half, and scored the second goal for his team, Paris Saint-Germain, once morest its host Nantes, 2-0, at the “La Beaujoire” stadium, in the twenty-second stage of the French Football Championship.
Mbappe scored the second goal, 16 minutes following he replaced Spanish international Marco Asensio, from a penalty kick that he himself took (62), raising his score to 21 goals, at the top of the scorers list, following international defender Lucas Hernandez opened the scoring in the 60th minute.
The Spanish coach of Paris Saint-Germain, Luis Enrique, kept Mbappe, who scored the first goal once morest Real Sociedad, 2-0, in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, at the Parc des Princes, on the bench, four days following the international was informed. The French club announced his departure at the end of his contract next June.
Enrique chose international Randall Kolo Moani, a former Nantes player, to succeed the 2018 world champion.
Enrique also preferred to keep his main international right winger, Ousmane Dembele, on the bench, and brought on the Spanish Marco Asensio, who played as a substitute in the match once morest Spanish Real Sociedad in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.
Mbappe was among the last players to get off the team bus upon its arrival at the “La Beaujoire” stadium in Nantes. He quickly went to the dressing room and gave a brief greeting to the Nantes fans who came to welcome him.
Enrique made many adjustments to his squad, and while the Italian international goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma retained his starting position and played his 100th match in the colors of Saint-Germain, the international midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery occupied the right-back position at the expense of the Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi, with Hernandez the left-back, to Alongside the Brazilian international captain Marquinhos and the Portuguese Danilo Pereira.
South Korean Kang-In Lee, returning from the Asian Nations Cup, played alongside Portuguese Vitinha and Uruguayan Manuel Ugarte in the midfield.
It is the third successive victory for Saint-Germain and the sixteenth in the league this season, raising its score to 53 points, temporarily moving away by 14 points from its direct pursuer, Nice, who is visiting Reims on Sunday.
Hernandez succeeded in giving Saint-Germain the lead with a powerful left-footed shot from outside the area that hit the foot of midfielder Moussa Sissoko and reached the far left corner of goalkeeper Deccan (60).
Mbappe secured his team’s victory when he took a penalty kick following being obstructed by Brazilian midfielder Douglas Augusto, following a smart dribble between his feet, and he made a powerful effort with his right hand to the left of Decan “78”.
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