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Mbappé (again) in history
Professional, amateur, Kylian Mbappé makes no distinction.
Whatever happens, the French striker knows how to stay serious and has demonstrated it again against the Pays de Cassel.
Promoted to captain for the first time in his career at PSG, Mbappé was able (again) to respond by being involved in 6 of the 7 Parisian goals.
Clinic when concluding against the opposing goal, he simply signed a quintuplet (29th, 35th, 40th, 56th, 79th), the very first for a PSG player, with goals scored in different styles.
Also decisive passer for Neymar, the tricolor international still managed a full match.
And is getting closer to Cavani's PSG goal record (200) with 196 goals on the clock.
Neymar, a little better
He is not yet the great Neymar and it will probably take time to see him again.
But the Brazilian seemed to be making progress even if the adversity put his performance in perspective.
Especially since he showed a lot of nervousness in the first half hour, even taking a yellow.
But then, he showed the face that we know him by being very complicit with Mbappé and by managing to combine in small spaces, even if he sometimes lacked a little skill.
On his counter a goal and two assists.
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Nuno Mendes, back in shape
For his first starting game in a while, Nuno Mendes brought freshness to the left side.
If he only played in the first period, no doubt in the desire to preserve him since he is coming back from injury, the Portuguese showed all his qualities of percussion.
It was one of his overflows that allowed PSG to open the scoring on Mbappé's first goal.
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Paris still lacks consistency in the middle
Even against amateurs, PSG saw some players disappoint.
The two Portuguese Vitinha and Renato Sanches did not bring verticality, a recurring observation concerning them.
Although technically clean, they do not take enough risks in their game and sometimes slow down certain offensives.
Fabian Ruiz, who came on in the second half, did not improve in this area.
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The Pays de Cassel was brave
The 6th division team will only have existed in the first half hour of play. The time to see the residents of R1 delight the Lensois public with short ball exits from behind.
But after putting in a lot of effort, they ended up dulling and suffering the entire second half.
A beautiful face, all the same, shown by the Pays de Cassel.
