Paris Saint-Germain, defending champion and isolated leader of the French soccer championship, today suffered its second defeat in Rennes, 1-0, in Rennes, in a game on the 19th round.
With Kylian Mbappé as a substitute, arriving too late to avoid defeat, the Parisians lost again, for the second time, on the second trip of 2023, after the defeat on the field of Lens, on the first day of the year (3-1). .
The Paris Saint-Germain coach, Christophe Galtier, who had given two weeks off to Mbappé and the Moroccan international Achraf Kakimi, absent from the matches with Chateauroux, in the French Cup, and Angers, in the round of 16 , decided today leaves both on the bench, in Rennes, against fifth place.
The truth is that they were missed, especially Mbappé, and when they launched in minutes 55 and 56 they were not in time to avoid defeat, the second for Paris Saint-Germain in the championship, in which they also add 15 wins and two draws.
The game-deciding goal was scored by Malian Hamari Traoré, Rennes right-back, after a cross into the box from left-back Adrien Truffert, in the 65th minute.
Two Portuguese internationals played at Paris Saint-Germain, midfielders Vitinha and Danilo Pereira, the latter in the central position, but Galtier also used another Portuguese player, Renato Sanches, who came on in the 83rd minute to replace his compatriot Danilo Pereira .
Despite the defeat, Paris Saint-Germain continues to lead, with 47 points, but now they looked closer to Lens, second classified, with 44, followed by Marseille, with 42, Monaco, who hours before had thrashed Ajaccio, by 7-1. , with 37, and Rennes, in fifth place, with the same points.
For its part, Lille, led by the Portuguese Paulo Fonseca, thrashed Troyes 5-1 today, a result that reflects the ease with which they beat their rival, who came to half-time losing already by two goals, scored by the Guinean Mohamed Bayo. and the Canadian Jonathan David, with 16 and 45+2 minutes, respectively.
In the second half, the African striker would score twice, in the 47th minute, before former Sporting player Mama Baldé, served by the Portuguese Abdu Conté, closed the gap on the scoreboard, in the 65th minute.
In the last 15 minutes, the used substitute Alan Virginius (75) also made the ‘taste to the foot’, but the result would only be closed with a new ‘bise’, from David (88), shortly after the Portuguese international José Fonte was Launched by Paulo Fonseca.
At Lille, Tiago Djaló completed the 90 minutes, just like his compatriot Rony Lopes, but on the visiting side.
In the other matches played today for matchday 19, Monaco’s 7-1 defeat against AC Ajaccio stands out, with Portuguese international Gelson Martins missing due to a muscle injury, as well as Nantes’ resounding 3-0 victory in Montpellier. . , in a match in which the home side saw two of their players, Wahbi Khazri and Elye Wahi, sent off in the 42nd and 67th minutes.
Clermont went on to win at Angers, 2-1, Reims drew 0-0 against Nice, while Toulouse only drew 1-1 at home against Brest.
Source: TSF
