At the end of an unequal match, Paris Saint-Germain drew (1-1) in Nice, Sunday October 6, at the end of the 7th day of Ligue 1. On the eve of the international break, the champion of France, in title, with 17 points, falls to second place in the championship behind Monaco and its 19 points. It is ahead of OM and Reims, who have 14 points each. But the draw appears to be a lesser evil after an eventful week marked by the banning of Ousmane Dembélé for a match, for misconduct, and the first defeat of the season at Arsenal in the Champions League (2-0).
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After a feverish first period, Luis Enrique successfully made a tactical change at half-time, while Nice led 1-0 after a superb strike from Ali Abdi diverted into his own goal by the Portuguese Nuno Mendes (38th).
By replacing Randal Kolo Muani, who did not make a single shot during the entire first period, with Lee Kang-in at the break, the Spanish coach prevented his team from conceding a second consecutive defeat, after that suffered on Tuesday in London in the Champions League.
Positioned lower than the French international, the South Korean, as soon as he entered the game, disorganized the Nice defense, imperial in the first period, and allowed his team to regain the upper hand.
Dembélé back
Relaying his midfielders, Lee favored the rise of Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé. After being harmless for forty-five minutes, Paris immediately created danger on the goal of Marcin Bulka, the Nice goalkeeper, formerly of PSG.
On a corner played in two stages by the Parisians, Dembélé fixed the Nice defense and found Nuno Mendes whose shot, deflected this time by Moïse Bombito, deceived Bulka on his right (1-1, 52nd).
Once again in control of its game, Paris then pushed to snatch victory, but came up against a vigilant Bulka and a Nice defense which was able to readjust after ten minutes of hesitation at the start of the second half.
A Parisian victory would not have reflected the appearance of a meeting in which Nice did well. Severely beaten on Thursday in the Europa League by Lazio in Rome (4-1), the Niçois made up for it at home and are now in 9th place.
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The two teams still recovering will be able to breathe during the first championship break this season. During the eighth day, October 19, Paris will host Strasbourg to try to get back in front of Monaco.
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