To see Mbappé, Messi, Hakimi, Neymar or even Kehrer shine under the jerseys of their respective selection on the occasion of the international break where the Blues won the League of Nations and the South Americans played three games for some, we would have almost forgotten the pale defeat suffered twelve days earlier in Rennes (2-0). When, this Friday, the Angevins began to perforate the Parisian lines without real difficulties, the reality of the level of the Pochettino team gradually became a matter of concern again. And when Fulgini took back a center with a perfect line from Boufal to logically open the scoring, a cold snap ran through the Park (1-0, 36 ').
With a sad record of 0 shots on target and 65% of duels lost at the break, it is an understatement to say that the Parisian liners have disappointed.
However, it is from a framework, in this case Marco Verratti, that the fatal loss of ball came.
But the lack of impact and inspiration of the usual replacements allowed Angers to believe in it.
Certainly, things could have been simpler if the referee M. Dechepy had seen that Capelle had illegally tackled Icardi in the box and if the VAR had then considered that it was indeed a manifest error (17th). .
And it was therefore necessary to wait until the end of the match to witness the saving reversal.
Four days before the reception of Leipzig in the Champions League, Paris has therefore offered itself a suspenseful scenario which it could have done without with a little more application.
Standing ovation for Mbappé
Yet the evening had something to be beautiful.
First for the new crown of the Park where the “Bigger Dreams” has given way to a huge “Here is Paris”.
Then with the presence of the queens and kings of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (PSG licensees) who came to show their sparkling medals to the spectators of the Park.
After giving the kick-off, Sandrine Martinet and Teddy Riner will stop near Kylian Mbappé to greet him.
Long alone to bring danger, the Blues striker, fully ovationed during the composition of the teams, has certainly experienced waste but his perfect center from the left placed on Danilo's head for the equalizer has come to forget all his misses (1-1, 69th).
The Park then began to sing a little louder, as he had never stopped doing despite the unfavorable score.
The supporters had already experienced other emotions.
First when Auteuil saluted the memory of Seven, a young 18-year-old Parisian fan, shot dead at his home at the end of September.
Then when Juan Bernat came into play, in the 63rd minute, in place of Diallo, a little over a year after his serious knee injury.
The songs have continued to rise in the last minutes until the head of Icardi touched by the hand by Capelle.
After four minutes where the Angevins will claim in vain to the referee to also look via the VAR for the preliminary fault of the Argentine striker, Mbappé hit the victory penalty perfectly (2-1, 87th).
Before going out at the end of the match to a standing ovation.
