Luis Enrique's players maintain their six-point lead over Monaco by beating Toulouse (3-0) this Friday at the Parc des Princes.
And one, and two, and three-zero. PSG scored plenty of points against TFC (3-0) this Friday, at the Parc des Princes, during the 12th day of Ligue 1. Perfect before visiting Bayern Munich on Tuesday, in C1. Perfect also after Monaco's victory over Brest (3-2). Paris-SG maintains its six-point lead at the top of the standings. A Paris-SG which hardly shone but was effective, unlike Toulouse, who remained on three victories. All in a Park with sparse stands and without the Ultras Paris Collective, sanctioned after inappropriate chants.
In a park shaped like a giant fridge, PSG obviously had the entry ball. And waste, lots of waste. “For the moment, we don't see the ball too much… but everything is going pretty well,” summed up the TFC CM on flick from Beraldo (7th). Preferred over Donnarumma, Safonov shone with his sense of anticipation (19th). For the rest, the cold bit even more as the actors did nothing to warm up the atmosphere. Apart from a powerful strike from Zaire-Emery (22nd) and another, very soft one, from Barcola (34th), Restes was not called upon. Toulouse was holding back with five behind, Paris was blocked by its technical inaccuracies. First half hour to forget. In fact, everything was forgotten in the 35th minute. Heat stroke. Stroke of genius. Hakimi's cross, Neves' right volley (1-0, 35th). Crystal clear. A flash in the night of the first act, with a final alert on the Parisian goal from Aboukhlal (1-0 MT).
Toulouse has its chance, more…
From the change to the restart, Vitinha in place of the titi Zague, and Neves who switched… left back (46th). PSG more incisive to start this second period, it was not very hard, with Hakimi to test Restes (46th), saved by Var and an offside while Zaire-Emery had made the break (54th). TFC on a thread. Except that it was the Haut-Garonnais who had the best opportunities afterwards, with this incredible save from Zaire-Emery (69th) and this incredible miss from Babicka alone in front of the goal (71st), after a missed pass from “WZE”. A few alerts on the Restes goal, but especially Safonov who won, in two stages, against Magri (80th). Feverish Paris. But Paris liberated. On an error by the Toulouse defense, Beraldo, alone at six meters, made the break (2-0, 84th). Without shining, PSG did the job. And Vitinha completed this success in stoppage time (3-0 final score). The count is good before Munich.
