Paris SG v Quevilly-Rouen (2-0)
PSG: Sergio Ramos (33e sp), Djeidi Gassama (54e)
The PSG Galtier version opens its season with a success. The Parisians, deprived of executives such as Kylian Mbappé, Neymar, Marco Verratti, Nuno Mendes and Presnel Kimpembe, beat Quevilly-Rouen (2-0) this Friday afternoon, at Camp des Loges, for their first friendly match of the ‘summer. During a first period largely dominated by PSG, who mastered and controlled the match against the residents of Ligue 2, Sergio Ramos converted a penalty caused by Lionel Messi (33rd) to allow Paris to lead at the break ( 1-0MT). The young hopeful Djeidi Gassama, who came into play at half-time, doubled the lead thanks to a very good sequence of dribbles in the Norman area (54th).
The Capital club will fly to Japan on Monday as part of their international summer tour. Three matches are scheduled: against Kawasaki Frontale at the National Stadium (Tokyo) on July 20, followed by meetings with the Urawa Red Diamonds at Saitama Stadium (Saitama) on July 23 and Gamba Osaka at Panasonic Stadium (Osaka).
Lionel Messi reassures, Vitinha shows up
Lionel Messi was a starter from the start of the match for this first preparation meeting. The Argentinian, who seemed physically sharp, quickly took control of the meeting by being dangerous (3rd, 8th, 12th) by guiding the game of his team, well helped by new recruit Vitinha. The young Portuguese also distinguished himself by causing numerous faults by making his speed of play speak. Enough to leave great promises to be confirmed.
Galtier tests young people
During his official presentation, at a press conference, Christophe Galtier had promised: “My staff and I will be very present, we will have a watchful eye on that. We all know the capacity of the Paris basin to grow and hatch young talents. We have the idea with the club of setting up an elite group so that I can very quickly observe young talents, we will have a very strong relationship with the people of the academy.. It didn’t take long to see the first youngsters showing up. At the break, the new PSG coach changed all of his players by integrating many titis: Baldé and Najeh in defense, Zaire-Emery and Bitumazala in the middle, as well as Gassama and Yansané in attack. Even in the starting eleven Dine Ebimbe perfectly knew how to bring danger to the side, especially on the penalty caused by Lionel Messi, brought in thanks to the breakthrough on the right of the young Parisian.
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