PSG Stunned by Draw with Le Havre, Postpones Championship Celebration

Paris Saint-Germain suffered a heavy loss of points in the French league on Saturday night. If they had won against relegation candidate Le Havre, the Parisians would have been champions. Instead, they drew 3-3 in their own stadium.

So PSG will have to postpone the celebration of the championship for a while. In addition, it is a bad forecast for the semi-final of the Champions League, which is scheduled for Wednesday. Then PSG play away against Borussia Dortmund.

Cynics will say credit was given to coach Luis Enrique for his courage. He started Kylian Mbappé on the bench: since the star player announced that he would not renew his contract, he has played less and less.

That led to a 1-2 deficit before half time. The very defensive Le Havre surprised PSG on the counter. The director himself won through Bradley Barcola, the talent acquired by Lyon last summer for at least 45 million euros.

After the break, Mbappé was allowed to retire to force a result. That was accomplished only with difficulty; Thanks to an easily awarded penalty, Le Havre even took a 1-3 lead in a rain-soaked Parc des Princes, where it rained non-stop for eighty minutes.

Achraf Hakimi and Gonçalo Ramos then scored, with PSG making a decent comeback. The Parisians were the only ones who wanted to attack them and it was clear that they were the better team. However, the draw is not enough for the national championship.