O PSG suffered, but managed to beat Metz with a goal in the last move for the French Championship. In the meeting between the leader and the lantern, Paris Saint-Germain scored in stoppage time to achieve a 2-1 victory at the Stade Saint-Symphorien this afternoon. It was the seventh consecutive victory for Mauricio Pochettino’s team in the competition.
Sem Messi, injured, and Neymar and Mbappé erased, it was Hakimi who shone. The full-back scored twice and was the “unlikely hero” of the match. Kiki Kouyate scored the goal for Metz. The game was marred by a riot involving Mbappé after the final whistle.
With the result, PSG maintains the isolated lead and 100% success in the French Championship, with 21 points. Metz, with three, is the last place.
PSG returns to the field next Saturday (25), against Montpellier, for the eighth round of the French. The next day, Metz visits Brest.
PSG scores fast, but Metz fights back
It looked like it would be a smooth victory for PSG when Hakimi, in the fourth minute, opened the scoring. Neymar gave a millimeter pass to Icardi, who completed it with a cavadinha and saw the defender move away on the line. On the rebound, the side of the Paris team completed to the goal.
What was seen after that, however, was quite different. Metz had little possession of the ball, but managed to disturb. More than that: at 38, Kouyaté won a dispute with Icardi after a corner kick and headed in to equalize. And the only comeback didn’t come before the break because Navas, close to stoppage time, made a beautiful save and shot by Gueye.
Hakimi saves the last set
The stumble was already close, but Hakimi was responsible for giving the victory to PSG. In a beautiful vertical assist from Neymar, the lateral received it on the right wing, pulled it to the middle and hit hard with his left leg to take the team out of the suffocation.
The goal guaranteed PSG 100% use in the competition, even without shine. It was the second game in a row that the team reached the triumph in the last move — in the last round, beat Lyon with Icardi’s saving goal.
Game has fight with Mbappé at the end
Shortly after the PSG goal, a scuffle broke out between Mbappé and the Metz players. Oukidja was bothered by a possible provocation from the Frenchman at the moment of the winning goal and went to get satisfaction. The result was a lot of discussion and confusion among players. Neymar ended up being warned with a yellow card in the middle of the “bullshit”.
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