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Insatiable Mbappé
The weeks follow and are similar for Kylian Mbappé. Still Saturday, against Ajaccio (5-0), the crack of Bondy was not as twirling as in Qatar for example. He nevertheless found a way to offer himself a double, just to make the break at the top of the Ligue 1 scorers' table (26, against 24 for Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette). "Like the team, he wants to go for this 11th title. And after that, he also has his personal goals. He wants to be top scorer in Ligue 1 for the fifth time in a row. It's very good for him and for us," said Christophe Galtier. And it's just as good for the show when "KM" slams a cover as succulent as on his second goal, model of the genre. Candy.
Zaire-Emery, a taste of coming back
Whether he is a starter, as in Troyes (1-3), or he enters at the end of the match, as Saturday, Warren Zaire-Emery never misses an opportunity to put himself forward... and to make regret his relatively modest playing time. The young (17-year-old) midfielder always makes it a point of honor to give everything on the field. The public was not mistaken, reserving him a standing ovation during his foray into the 11. Against Ajaccio, he again brought his power, his freshness. He could even have scored or scored with a little more precision.
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Danilo, the darling
How not to love Danilo Pereira? A good soldier, the Portuguese international midfielder is regularly lined up in defence, as was the case again on Saturday night. Often irreproachable despite his obvious technical limitations, the former captain of FC Porto spends himself without counting, making his physique and his aggressiveness speak. He is even credited with an assist on the first Parisian goal, even if he probably targeted Hugo Ekitike rather than Fabian Ruiz... The Park loves this kind of blue-collar player. "I'm working for this and I'm very happy," he told C+. Exemplary.
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Finally gambling in Paris
For once, we were not bored in front of a Paris Saint-Germain match. "It's been a long time since we've played like this," says Danilo Pereira. If not brilliant, the club of the capital has never trembled against Ajaccio. Already 2-0 at the break, after a first period still quite dull, but Galtier's players did not release the embrace, while they are nevertheless accustomed to the fact ... "This victory is good for the players and from an accounting point of view, but also because of the way the team has evolved, a bit in the continuity of the match in Troyes, with a lot of seriousness, application, rhythm and intensity to recover the ball as soon as possible. And offensively, things were quite interesting, "says the Parisian coach. He added: "The players had a lot of fun playing together and making our fans happy." At least to some of them, the others being most often busy with... whistling Leo Messi in a lunar evening.
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Ajaccio (really) not at the level
Back to box L2 for AC Ajaccio. Obviously, it was not Saturday night that Olivier Pantaloni's players lost their place in the elite. "In the sporting aspect we have been in great difficulty this year and within the club, there are things to improve," says the Corsican coach. Nevertheless, the Ajaccians never existed Saturday night, showing significant shortcomings in all areas. "We knew the relegation approved for a long time, it is especially the heavy defeat that makes us suffer the most. Losing in Paris happens to a lot of teams, but we sorely lacked aggressiveness to have a faster ball recovery. That's what upsets me tonight, "plague Pantaloni, who probably dreamed of coming to fill up at the Park, like Rennes, Lyon or Lorient recently. Failure.
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Corsican groupies
We may find it nice, but it's not really. At least not if you put yourself in the shoes of an ACA supporter... In images of our little comrades of Canal +, we saw some players of Ajaccio take the pose next to Neymar – out for the rest of the season – after the game. Souvenir photo. This is obviously not the kind of attitude we are entitled to expect from a Ligue 1 team. That's good, ACA is in Ligue 2.
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Hakimi, the fault of taste
Which fly stung Ashraf Hakimi? Between often neutral and... Accusations of rape, the Moroccan international is having a trying season. He tried to make it even more complicated Saturday night by cracking this little ironic sentence after his expulsion: "That's the France!" We imagine that we must understand that the former Madrid player is not really impressed by the level of referees in our league. An exit that is reminiscent of that of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Bordeaux, in 2015. Bad pick for Hakimi, who could well be done with his 2022-23 season if the members of the disciplinary commission are in a bad mood during the study of his case... He will in any case be absent at Auxerre, while Paris must already compose without Nordi Mukiele for the rest of the season and Timothée Pembélé is rarely available. Perhaps it will be an opportunity to see Zaire-Emery again in this unusual role of right piston, as on the field of Troyes?
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Lunar atmosphere
Confirmation of what we already knew: without the Collectif Ultras Paris, the Parc des Princes loses its soul and its voice. The members of the CUP decided to "cease their activities completely" until further notice. Suddenly, atmosphere of death in the spans of the stadium of the Porte de Saint-Cloud. A silence interrupted by whistles for Leo Messi. Whistles to which a (large) part of the stadium responded with encouragement and applause. The divorce is consummated between the Ultras and Messi, but also between the Ultras and other fans.