OM-PSG (0-0): frustrating evening for Mbappé

Author of a dream match on the lawn of the Velodrome in March 2003, Ronaldinho was in Barcelona this Sunday to attend the other clasico.

On Tuesday, the Brazilian was at the Park where he enjoyed seeing the performance of Kylian Mbappé, a player he "loves to watch".

If he had been present in Marseille, the Golden Ball would undoubtedly have still appreciated the attitude of the Parisian striker.

Faced with an opponent who has often succeeded him (9 victories in ten clashes, in all competitions), Mbappé has displayed, as in each of his last outings, a constant determination on the front of the attack.

“Kylian Mbappé's team”, as Thierry Henry, the Prime Video consultant, nicknamed it, had something to seduce with Di Maria, Messi and Neymar to serve his arrow.

Unfortunately for him, Mbappé is too short on the first beautiful center of Di Maria clumsy for once (10th).

In all the good Parisian moves

It is from the half hour of play and once the two goals canceled by the VAR, that Mbappé has gained momentum.

An acrobatic recovery, out of frame, on a corner hit by Neymar (31st) but especially timely stints with Lionel Messi (33rd, 43rd) or Achraf Hakimi: Mbappé found himself in all the good Parisian shots.

In the 44th minute, we even saw the Blues striker find himself in defense to closely follow Dimitri Payet.

Only, to achieve this goal which should bring it up to Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the number of goals scored by a Parisian against OM (7), Mbappé had to be more effective in the second half.

His somewhat rushed race would quickly put him in an offside position (48th).

Pity.

After the expulsion of his friend Hakimi (57th) and the exit of Di Maria (60th), Parisian opportunities are becoming rarer.

This did not bother Mbappé, whose taste we know for long rides, from afar.

In the 67th, he ended up stumbling against the Marseille goalkeeper.

In the 78th, he chose the center back for Neymar, lacking in efficiency.

In the meantime, a cross from Kehrer spun him under the ney (69th) and, in the 74th, it was the irruption of a Marseille supporter on the lawn that hampered the counter-attack he had initiated. with Messi.

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In an increasingly tense end to the game, each action looks like a match point.

Kylian Mbappé right to his.

Launched in depth by Messi, he was caught at the limit of the surface and consistency by Saliba.

On the ground, Mbappé laughed yellow as he turned to the referee.

The small bridge suffered in additional time, to the delight of the public, does not make him laugh.

But he does not give up and returns to defend on the last Marseille attempts.