Monday, February 27, 2023 – 11:48 am
ABU DHABI, 27 February / WAM / A record for striker Kylian Mbappe, another distinguished one for his colleague Lionel Messi, and the 60th point reinforces the lead of Paris Saint-Germain .. Thus were the most prominent features in the 25th round of the French Football League.
Less than 3 weeks after losing to Marseille 1-2 in the French Cup round of 16, Saint-Germain responded strongly and won the French El Clasico on the same stadium, the “Velodrome Stadium”, in his favor, with three clean goals, to achieve many gains through this match in the face of his traditional rival, Marseille.
Saint-Germain won the second match in the current season and the third in a row against Marseille in the French League, to confirm its superiority over Marseille in the league, despite losing to it in the cup.
Saint-Germain took a new and very important step on the way to defending its title in the local competition, after raising its tally to 60 points from 25 matches, and widening the difference with its direct competitor Marseille to 8 points.
Saint-Germain reassured his players, Mbappe and Messi, who scored for the second consecutive match in the league, and each of them left a distinctive imprint through the French El Clasico.
Mbappe scored the team’s first and third goals in the match, raising his tally to 17 goals and being the only top scorer in the competition this season. with the team.
Mbappe took the top of the team’s scorer list in various tournaments with the famous Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, by a large margin in front of the Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the former star of the team, who scored 156 goals for Saint-Germain in various tournaments.
Mbappe has the opportunity to win the title of the team’s all-time top scorer through any goal he scores in the upcoming matches.
At the same time, Messi achieved a distinguished number during the match and raised his score to 700 goals in the matches he played at the club level so far in various tournaments.
Messi had scored 672 goals in 778 matches with his former team, Barcelona, Spain, in various tournaments, before yesterday he scored his 28th goal with Saint-Germain in various tournaments since he moved to the ranks of the team before the start of last season.
In addition to its valuable victory over Marseille, Saint-Germain benefited greatly from Monaco’s loss to its guest Nice 0-3 in another match yesterday, as Monaco remained in third place with 50 points, 10 points behind the lead.
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