Jonathan David’s dramatic late goal earns Lille 1-1 draw against Paris Saint-Germain

Lille 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain

Goal: David (90th+4) for the Mastiffs // Mbappé (66th, SP) for PSG

With only three defeats between them since the start of the season, Lille and Parisians could only part ways as good friends. In a shock that was not always exciting, Paris thought they had done the hard part thanks to a penalty from Kylian Mbappé. Before giving in to the gong against Jonathan David, author of a winning entry. The Dogues retained their fourth place when the French champions grabbed a point from Nice and Monaco, beaten earlier in the weekend.

Frozen

In the coldness of Villeneuve-d’Ascq, just calmed by the atmosphere of the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, it is first of all a beautiful tactical battle between the two blocks. To the usual northern 4-2-3-1, Luis Enrique decided to oppose a four-man midfield in a Manchester City style and to rely on the speed of the winger duo Ousmane Dembélé-Bradley Barcola. But it was Edon Zhegrova who was the first to set things on fire, finding the small net (15th) then breaking too much after a magnificent festival (16th). Paris dominates, like Dembélé who is always as keen to overwhelm as he is struggling when finishing with an inside pass from Lee Kang-In (21st). But the Mastiffs are happy to project themselves, buoyed by the confidence and skill of their offensive players who are perfectly supported by an inspired Nabil Bentaleb. Found in the open area, Vitinha sends the first shot on target deflected by Lucas Chevalier (36th), Leny Yoro is very close to his own camp on the corner that follows and Marquinhos sends his header over the top at the fall of a umpteenth corner kick (45th+1).

Jonathan David, supersub

A quarter of an hour to warm up, but Paris continues to purr when we resume. Lille even sees the situation resolved, but Angel Gomes procrastinates too much in the area at the end of a very good action started by Bentaleb and relayed by a new tumble from Zhegrova (57th). Pierre-Mauroy begins to push harder, convinced that there is something to be done. But the visitors did not loosen their grip, and ended up obtaining a penalty for a late tackle by Bafodé Diakité on Lucas Hernandez: sentence executed by Kylian Mbappé (0-1, 66e). Yusuf Yazici thinks of equalizing twice, but is first flagged offside (72nd) then blocked on the edge (79th). Arnau Tenas then made a splendid save in front of Jonathan David (90th + 2), except that this PSG tossed in all directions for a quarter of an hour ended up giving in to the Canadian who blew up an entire stadium (1-1, 90e+4).

Lille (4-2-3-1) : Chevalier – Diakité (T. Santos, 71e), Yoro, Alexsandro, Ismaily – André (Ounas, 90e), Bentaleb – Zhegrova, Gomes, Gudmundsson (Cabella, 71e) – Yazici (David, 80e). Coach : Paulo Fonseca.

PSG (3-4-3) : Tenas – Danilo (Škriniar, 75e), Marquinhos, L. Hernandez – Zaïre-Emery, Ugarte (Hakimi, 67e), Vitinha, Lee – Dembélé (Asensio, 80e), Mbappé, Barcola (Kolo Muani, 67e). Coach : Luis Enrique.

2023-12-18 00:57:41
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