Paris Saint-Germain scored a two-goal victory in Montpellier in the 21st round of the French top-flight football championship (Ligue 1).
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PSG had a busy first half in Montpellier, in the 10th minute Kylian Mbappé’s penalty was saved by Lecomte, and the retaken penalty hit the post by the French star, who had to be replaced 11 minutes later due to an injury.
The two huge stops of @Benj_Lecomte on the penalties of @KMbappe. The new Hérault goalkeeper is 3 peons out in a game and a half. #wall #MHSCPSG @lequipe #TeamMHSC pic.twitter.com/K4O0G7WJA3
— Hugues Sionis (@HSionis) February 1, 2023
The Paris squad then scored in the first half, but Lionel Messi’s goal was disallowed by the referee for offside. PSG crushed its opponent in the second half after Hakimi’s late goal Fabian Ruizthen Messi obtained a valid result. A goal of honor for the home team Nordin he noted, then from a counter Zaire-Emery set the final score at 3–1.
A Monaco in a high-scoring match, he was crushed by the increasingly difficult situation Auxerrethe newcomer in the goal with Ionu Radu, who was on loan from Inter, made it better twice, but he could not equalize (3–2).
He played football in vain Brestetcould not win the Lyon. The relegated Breton team pulled through without conceding a goal against Laurent Blanc’s guard and gained a valuable point.
Fell a lensfortress of Laborde’s goal was worth three points to the people of Nicewho won on extremely difficult terrain (0–1).
It didn’t work a miracle Rennes-i a Strasbourgthe home team heading for the Champions League sent home the Alsace team, who were avoiding relegation, with three goals. (3–0).
FRANCE LIGUE 1
ROUND 21
Lens–Nice 0–1 (Laborde 57.)
Lyon–Brest 0–0
Monaco–Auxerre 3–2 (Ben Yedder 11., Ben Seghir 30., Embolo 82., ill. Abline 68., Da Costa 84.)
Montpellier–PSG 1–3 (Nordin 89., ill. Ruíz 55., Messi 72., Zaire-Emery 90+1.)
Rennes–Strasbourg 3–0 (Gouiri 3., 21., Gifted 51.)
EARLIER
Angers–Ajaccio 1–2 (Figure 13., ill. Soumano 65., El Idrissy 90+3.)
Lille–Clermont 0–0
Nantes–Olympique Marseille 0–2 (Joao Victor 58. – own goal, Unahi 90+2.)
Reims–Lorient 4–2 (Balogun 44th, 61st, 64th – the first from 11, Doumbia 51st, or Le Fée 10th, I. Koné 36th)
Toulouse–Troyes 4–1 (Dallinga 16th, Chaibi 36th, Van den Boomen 55th – from 11th, Onaivu 88th, or M. Baldé 12th – from 11th)
1. Paris SG | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 52–16 | +36 | 51 |
2. Marseille | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 42–17 | +25 | 46 |
3. Lens | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 33–15 | +18 | 45 |
4. Monaco | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 46–29 | +17 | 41 |
5. Rennes | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40–22 | +18 | 40 |
6. Lille | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35–26 | +9 | 35 |
7.Lorient | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35–34 | +1 | 35 |
8. Nice | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24–20 | +4 | 31 |
9. Clermont | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24–27 | –3 | 30 |
10. Lyon | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30–23 | +7 | 29 |
11. Reims | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 26–26 | 0 | 29 |
12. Toulouse | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35–36 | –1 | 29 |
13. Nantes | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21–26 | –5 | 22 |
14. Montpellier | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 31–43 | –12 | 20 |
15. Brest | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23–34 | –11 | 19 |
16. Troyes | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 32–45 | –13 | 19 |
17. Ajaccio | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18–37 | –19 | 18 |
18. Strasbourg | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25–39 | –14 | 15 |
19. Auxerre | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18–46 | –28 | 13 |
20. Angers | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 18–47 | –29 | 8 |