France Football

On matchday 26 of French Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain beat FC Nantes 4-2.

PSG put a lot of pressure on from the start – and in the 12th minute it was 1-0. Lionel Messi starts a sprint to the goal, with a bit of luck Mendes’ pass will land in front of the world champion’s feet – Messi only has to push in from a few meters.

Just five minutes later, Paris follows suit. After a shot by Danilo, keeper Lafont can only bounce forward, Mukiele puts the ball on goal again. When trying to prevent the goal, Hadjam deflected the ball and made it 2-0 (17′).

The game seems to be over, PSG can go back a gear – supposedly. Because in the 31st minute Nantes comes up to 2:1. From three meters Blas is there, he surprises PSG goalkeeper Donnarumma from an acute angle, who does not look good when conceding a goal. Nantes followed up before the break, Ganago was able to push a corner kick over the line at the second post (38′).

Mbappe with decision

Even after the break, PSG determines the game, but initially finds few chances. After an hour, however, the hosts took the lead again: Mbappe crossed the ball into the sixteen, Danilo Pereira heads into the net to make it 3-2.

Just three minutes later, Hadjam grabs Mukiele, and Mukiele hurts himself in the process. However: The foul was just before the sixteen, so the VAR takes back the previously awarded penalty. Messi kicks the free kick hard, but Lafont can parry.

It was only shortly before the end that Kylian Mbappe put the lid on with his 201st goal for PSG. He overtakes Edinson Cavani, who was the club’s all-time leading goalscorer (200 goals).