It's a success that doesn't tell us much more about the potential and profile of this PSG.
A second victory in a week which still does not help us to solve the enigma of this team of Mauricio Pochettino.
This PSG is unlike anything we've seen in recent years.
Unable to control its subject, subjected to the red and white waves of Monaco for 30 minutes in the first period, this formation is nonetheless unpredictable and therefore difficult to play for its opponent.
Especially when she is carried by her super Mbappé.
We are not sure that the best Parisian player of the last three seasons will score his next 100 goals with the club jersey on his back.
But we are sure that PSG will regret it, if of course the Bondynois were to slip away at the end of the season.
Paris doesn't need Spider-Man to save what needs to be saved, he has Mbappé.
With the gross mistakes of the Monegasques, that was enough to tip an evening on the good side.
The collective still absent
But beyond this news which is not news, what remains of this match? As often an impression marked by Parisian shortcomings. At the risk of repeating itself, and even if it was a bit better in the second half, this PSG is anything but a collective. At best, it is a puzzle where pieces are missing and the holes are gaping. Finally, the upturn in the face of Bruges was only an evening without a bright future. A flash in the pan which Messi did not survive.
The Argentinian may have offered an assist to Mbappé, he still suffered in the face of the power and the impact of the Monegasques.
As there is no risk of strengthening his game in the coming weeks, there is cause for concern if he does not quickly regain his speed of execution.
So, yes, he raised his level after the break, but the Pulga must show another performance and assert themselves as the real boss of this team.
Donnarumma's baraka
Even Verratti was unable to repeat his performance on Tuesday.
Perhaps because Monaco is not Gijon, not Valladolid, and especially not Bruges.
The little Italian sank in the face of pressing from the ASM midfielders, and it is a miracle that his many losses of balls never resulted in a single goal.
Apart from Donnarumma and the baraka who escorts him (another post to his credit), there are not many people to save.
Pochettino aspires to progress in the game, but obviously it will be for 2022. Too bad, because close to one unit (Bernat for Mendes injured), the Paris coach had this time almost aligned the same team as in midweek.
But, obviously, stability does not rhyme with fluidity.
In any case not with this PSG more than ever in search of identity.
There remains the success that the Parisians had fled for two days in Ligue 1. The Parc des Princes, relieved of its Ultras, seemed to be satisfied with it when it closed a strange year.
The match sheet
Half-time: 2-0.
Spectators: around 40,000.
Goals.
Mbappé (12th sp, 45th).
Warnings.
PSG: Mbappé (17th), Gueye (74th), Verratti (89th);
Monaco: Fofana (17th), Maripan (63rd), Gelson Martins (73rd).
PSG.
Donnarumma - Hakimi, Marquinhos (cap.), Diallo, Bernat (Kehrer, 50th) - Wijnaldum, Verratti, Gueye (Paredes, 81st) - Di Maria (Herrera, 81st), Messi, Mbappé (Icardi, 87th).
Entr.
: Pochettino.
Monaco.
Nübel - Sidibé, Disasi, Maripan, Caio Henrique (Jakobs, 46th) - Tchouameni, Fofana (Jean Lucas, 54th) - Diop (Matazo, 65th), Golovin, Gelson Martins (Isidor, 85th) - Ben Yedder (cap.) ( Boadu, 54th).
Entr.
: Kovac.
