There was no better way to turn the page.
To sweep away this rotten Sunday with the accumulation of bad news.
Three days after having bowed to Nantes (1-2), seventy-two hours, above all, after being victims of worrying burglaries, Angel Di Maria and Marquinhos had enough to find a smile this Wednesday evening at the Parc des Princes.
They, who since Sunday fed at their expense the various news sections, can again be content to feed the sports information columns.
After three more than disappointing outings at the Parc des Princes against Monaco (0-2), Barcelona (1-1) and Nantes (1-2), Paris returned to success at home on Wednesday against Lille in the round of 16 of the Cup of France.
A success that the Parisian formation still owes in part to its strong men, Kylian Mbappé, author of his 27th and 28th goals of the season, and Keylor Navas, who deflected in front of Yazici his second penalty of the week after that pushed back in front of Messi.
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But this victory might not have been the same if the success of Angel Di Maria had not allowed Mauro Icardi to put Paris on the right track in the 9th minute of play. His center from the left will not enter certainly not in the statistics, will not offer him his thirteenth assist of the season since Mike Maignan deflected the ball before Mauro Icardi pushes the ball through the net.
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Whatever, Wednesday night, the Argentine finally won more than an anecdotal line on a table of statistics.
For the first time since January 22 against Montpellier, the Argentine has finally played a full match.
In legs, still as comfortable with the ball to the foot, he certainly did not influence the Parisian game as he used to do before his visit to the infirmary.
After allowing Icardi to settle the situation, he nevertheless signaled himself on two strikes from the left (21st, 32nd) then some well-felt shifts at the address of Kylian Mbappé (49th) and Alessandro Florenzi (90th + 2).
Helped, perhaps, by the CUP banner, plastered in the heart of the stand ("Marqui, Angel, all the turn with you"), Di Maria demonstrated that he had not lost the joy of playing.
Pochettino can be happy to have found a reliable guy.
A week after having extended his contract in the capital for a season, plus an optional one, the former Madrid player, his experience and his left paw have indeed the profile to help Paris to scare again.
Good news a few days before the new challenge that awaits Paris on Sunday in Lyon in the shock at the top of Ligue 1.