In Monaco, rival for the title of French champion, Paris will have lost its goalkeeper but not the match, increasing its lead over its direct opponent to ten points and maintaining its invincibility in the domestic theater. It is an important harvest in a shock that has been disappointing for too long technically but open because Paris will not always have reassured on the historical weak points of its season. But he has extra soul, players who explode (Doué) or come back (Ramos) and a constant team attitude. Qualities that allow you to come back from anything and far, in Ligue 1 in any case. He hopes for this transposition into the Champions League.
Paris first scuttled itself on Monegasque soil, multiplying its seasonal ills in one period. First there is this improbable way of defending, which consists of mixing the absence of aggression with floating duels as if they were dancing and not football. Captain Marquinhos is having a passable season that no one sees as being too focused on offensive deficiencies, the other problem of the evening. At 2-1 for Monaco at the hour mark, Paris should not have been behind because they had largely dominated Monaco without converting much of this superiority. Only the untenable Désiré Doué, in full success at the moment, had scored, well served by Achraf Hakimi, the Parisian in the best shape at the end of the year.
But Marquinhos is not alone. Willian Pacho, who played too much and breathed so little, was unable to contain a Breel Embolo, although in the hole at the moment. As for Luis Enrique, by choosing not to field a left back, a role entrusted alternately to João Neves and Warren Zaire-Emery, not sure that he contributed to the stability of his defense.
No red for Singo but a nice penalty for Monaco
But PSG, little favored by the referee who did not expel Wilfried Singo wiping his sole on the cheek of Gianluigi Donnarumma (17th) and gave a nice penalty for a handball without any danger in the area, also has of character. Marrow. A certain refusal of defeat which gives him this invincibility in Ligue 1 in which he ends the year without losing. With Hakimi once again in the mix, Ousmane Dembélé found himself catching a shot from Fabian Ruiz for his second goal in four days, as if he had left after a month and a half without weighing in or passing. nor by the goal. At dusk, he will score a double.
Paris is also getting away with a coach who is baroque in his team building but inspired by his coaching. When Paris was heading towards a draw, the substitutes turned the match around, with a corner from Kang-In Lee for the head of Gonçalo Ramos, scorer a few minutes after coming on. A bit like Sunday evening against Lyon. Which confirms that the Portuguese has a considerable place in this squad, mirroring the enormous confidence placed in him by the Spanish coach.
He adores him as much as he snubs Randal Kolo Muani, once again outside the group. That’s saying something. Proof also that a professional number 9 changes a formation even if Doué scored the first goal as a false 9 and Dembélé as a surface fox, an unusual role for him. Let’s say that the multiplication of profiles is helpful. At the end of 2024, PSG will have beaten OM, Lille, Lyon and Monaco. This looks like a successful championship run.
Match sheet
Half time: 0-1.
Referee: M. Letexier.
Buts. Monaco: Ben Seghir (53rd, sp), Embolo (60th). PSG: Doué (24th), Dembélé (64th, 90th + 7), Ramos (83rd).
Warnings. Monaco :Singo (13e), Camara (29e).
Monaco : Köhn – Singo, Kehrer (cap.), Salisu, Vanderson – Magassa, Camara (Minamino, 74th), – Akliouche, Golovin, Ben Seghir – Embolo. Entr. : Hütter.
PSG : Donnarumma (Safonov, 22e) – Hakimi, Marquinhos (cap.), Pacho, Neves (L. Hernandez, 65e) – Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, Ruiz – Dembélé, Doué (Ramos, 80e), Barcola (Lee, 65e). Entr. : Luis Enrique.
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