At the Parc des Princes
We expected a stronger opposition than against Le Havre and Beveren. This is exactly what Celtic Glasgow will have offered to PSG this Tuesday, at the Parc des Princes. The Scottish champions put on a good figure, giving the Parisian stars a change. Dressed in their new tunics, a Hechter jersey for the club's 50th anniversary, Thomas Tuchel's players scored a new victory, the third in three outings (4-0 final score). Kylian Mbappé, Neymar, Ander Herrera and Pablo Sarabia made the nets tremble in front of the meager audience gathered in the spans of the Porte de Saint-Cloud stadium, coronavirus requires. Note that the Ultras have, this time, respected the security measures, unlike last Friday ... "We feel better and better we are happy to suffer", slipped Mbappé at the break, in front of the cameras ofbeIN SPORTS . Indeed, Havrais and Belgians had not really tickled the Red and Blue. They had a better idea of what will await them on Friday, at the Stade de France, in the final of the Coupe de France. It will be against ASSE. On July 31, it is OL who will stand in their way, in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue.
Neymar and Mbappé, things are going well
Paris was not long in opening the scoring in this part. Less than a minute in fact, with Neymar who found Mbappé behind the defense. The former Monegasque did not let the opportunity pass (1-0, 1st). Mbappé who has also confirmed that he remains in Paris for 2020-21. It remains to be seen whether he will extend… In the meantime, he and Neymar are constantly looking for each other. It is moreover especially the Brazilian who finds the French in general.
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It is on an opening of "Ney" that Mbappé escaped to the left before centering hard for the head of Mauro Icardi ... too short (18th). Before that, we had seen one of the French from this Celtic team, Olivier Ntcham, artiller from afar (15th). And it was precisely Celtic who, for long minutes, began to make the Parisians run. But it is… Paris which doubled the advantage, with Neymar taking over a center from Kehrer (2-0, 25th). Merciless ... Sometimes a little (too) easy, Neymar was nonetheless in all good shots, with this opening for Mbappé who this time came up against the opposing goalkeeper (35th). Before the break, it was Mbappé who cleverly let Neymar (39th) pass, who demanded a penalty. In vain. We ended up with this score of 2-0 at the break, despite this good free kick well taken by the former Toulouse player Christopher Jullien from the head, and who ended his race on the post of Keylor Navas (37th).
20 goals in three matches
As expected, coach Tuchel was running in the second half. Exit the eleven holders. The opportunity for Marco Verratti and Presnel Kimpembe, substitutes at the kickoff, to tread the lawn. Layvin Kurzawa too. And it is also on a cross of the latter that Ander Herrera increased the score (3-0, 48th). Involved on this third goal, Verratti delivered, over the defense, a love of the ball to Pablo Sarabia, who resumed the instinct of the left (4-0, 67th). Overall, this second team will have produced a very good collective football. A real team. If Navas will not have had much to do, Sergio Rico is to be credited with a beautiful parade against Forrest (73rd). Note the great performance of Kurzawa. That's good: with the probable package of Juan Bernat, still absent on Tuesday, it is he who should start next Friday against AS Saint-Etienne ... In the meantime, PSG will have been full of confidence and scored no less than 20 goals in three preparation matches. Nine against Le Havre, seven against Beveren and therefore four against Celtic. Now is the time to get down to business with these two cup finals.
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