In a world which had not seen PSG beat OM in Ligue 1 and at the Parc des Princes since October 27, 2019 and, in general, since February 7, 2021, normality is making its return, in line with the balance of power sporty and economical.
Paris, with this third success in a row in the championship, is quietly heading towards its new coronation, which could virtually adorn its window on Wednesday according to the results of the eternal rivals, in Angers for PSG, against Nantes for Marseille at the Vélodrome.
The victory of Marquinhos' partners keeps the suspense for second place intact, after a weekend where Nice won and Rennes lost, two pursuers in the hunt for OM, for whom it's a bit "Easter-atra" after this loss.
By the way, the sparks fled this clasico, held in front of an audience but without supporters, those present refusing to put on the habit.
A match in full gauge without noise is like an aperitif without alcohol, it does not necessarily make you want to stay very long or get closer.
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There you go, PSG-OM was tasted in moderation, in the absence of noise and intensity, with a chilly Marseille and an uninspired Paris, as if the meeting of the leader and his runner-up no longer told anything, neither about the story of this magnificent duel between two great French clubs, nor on Ligue 1, without relief.
This would be the Tour de France route where the mountain stages would have been removed.
In this dreary plain, the goalkeepers swore against the backdrop with two hazardous initiatives, an off-time exit from Pau Lopez lobed by a gala Neymar (1-0, 12th) and a poorly appreciated and poorly cleared corner by Gianluigi Donnarumma, never as feverish as since he was tacitly number 1.
Neymar's nice gesture towards Mbappé
So here are two clubs playing dumb with their goalkeepers and weakening them.
All the teams that have never decided clearly in this position have ended up paying it, everyone knows it, but Paris and Marseille continue, as if they thought they were smarter than the others.
Jorge Sampaoli and Mauricio Pochettino, who finished with a five-man defense not to lose, were caught up in their lack of courage.
The players, on the other hand, seem more enlightened, and this is how Neymar let Kylian Mbappé take the penalty for added time in the first period, aware that his first place in the scoring charts is constantly threatened by Martin Terrier (Rennes) and Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco).
That is a team and club attitude.
It's always the right one when it comes to winning a title of champion of France.