The victory was there for PSG on Wednesday, not first place in the group.
Already qualified for the round of 16, Christophe Galtier's players did the job by disposing of Juventus in Turin (1-2) on Wednesday, during the sixth day of the group stage of the Champions League.
Except that at the same time, Benfica atomized Maccabi Haifa (1-6).
A card that allows the Portuguese to finish at the top of the pool ahead of PSG, benefiting from a greater number of goals scored away from home in all group matches.
Annoying for Paris, jostled and who relied on the talent of Mbappé, scorer in the first period and passer for Nuno Mendes, in second.
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Tough entry for the Red and Blue, beaten in the duels, often at the wrong time and in particular with holes on the right.
First alert after an odd double from Vitinha with this mine from Locatelli (7th).
Except that it doesn't take much for this PSG to find the fault.
Launched by Messi, Mbappé eliminated Gatti from a small bridge, continued his effort while the Italian defender clung to his jersey and deceived Szczesny from the right (0-1, 13th).
The talent has spoken.
However, this was not enough to reverse the trend.
The entry of Renato (21st) in place of Ruiz, injured, was not really likely to raise the level and Donnarumma saw the missiles pass (17th, 22nd, 32nd).
Mbappé from afar (30th) and Messi from close (33rd) did send shivers through, but the Turinese continued their march forward, with Marquinhos as a hero to counter Moretti, far too applied before arming (34th).
But what had to happen happened, with a knockdown from Locatelli for Cuadrado, the Colombian's header, Bernat too small, Donnarumma too short and Bonucci popping up to push the ball (1-1, 39th).
Not flown, far from it (1-1 MT).
Winning Coaching
Clearly, Neymar's absence was felt in terms of creative ability.
However, we were entitled to expect a reaction to the recovery.
Players on the pitch, staff with changes.
Nothing of the sort.
PSG was however less endangered, that's already it.
The more we advanced in time, the less there was movement on both sides.
Mbappé had a golden opportunity to make the perfect heist, with this one-on-one against Rabiot in the danger zone.
His strike did not worry (at all) Szczesny.
That of Ramos, a little more (66th).
The Polish goalkeeper, on the other hand, could do nothing against the speed of Mendes, who had barely entered the game and launched by Mbappé behind Cuadrado (1-2, 68th).
The class.
Powerless, Juve thought they had set the record straight at a quarter of an hour.
end time, but Locatelli was offside at the start of the action (74th).
Juve pushed awkwardly, got annoyed at the slightest whistle but nothing moved (1-2 final score).
To the chagrin of the Parisians, Benfica scored this decisive sixth goal in the 92nd.
If Juventus still got what they wanted, namely third place synonymous with accession to the knockout stages of the Europa League, PSG will have to struggle with a first in the group in the round of 16 of C1.
Napoli, Porto, Bayern, Tottenham, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester City could come out of the hat on Monday in the draw.
Now, the Parisians will still look to their last two matches (Lorient, Auxerre) before leaving, for the most part, for the World Cup (November 20-December 18).
