In its distant duel with Real Sociedad, PSG won a first round.
Like its future opponent in the Champions League for the big face-to-face on Wednesday at the Parc des Princes, Paris turned this Saturday evening against Lille.
But he had the chance or rather the talent to win his game when the Spaniards, although dominant, lost in San Sebastian against Osasuna (0-1).
Before the formidable explanation of February 14, he is 11 points ahead of Nice, his runner-up, and one match more.
Enough to stay focused on his European challenge, which like every season will give another dimension to his season.
But this B formation of PSG - Kylian Mbappé (remained on the bench), Warren Zaire-Emery (entered in the 74th) and Marquinhos replacements at kick-off - pleased, with its self-sacrifice, its character and a general quality in pressing quite stunning.
She often bit into the Mastiffs who were liberated by an early goal (0-1, 6th), after Yacizi took advantage of work on the right side by Thiago Santos ridiculing Lucas Beraldo, installed on the left side while he remained a central defender - Luis Enrique's famous favorite that each player develops at least two positions.
Dembélé in great shape
But at the Parc des Princes - celebrated by the Ultras with unbearable chants against the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo - there was worse on the pitch than the Brazilian recruited in the winter transfer window for 20 million euros.
His compatriot from Lille, Alexsandro, lost his head and his bearings in the face of the harassment of Ousmane Dembélé or Fabian Ruiz, already ready for the European Cup.
The 2018 world champion and the Spaniard will be involved in the two goals of the rapid comeback (10th and 17th).
The former Barcelona player will have spent 61 minutes on the field, after a brilliant performance and with the assurance that against Sociedad, he will remain the number 1 asset in creativity.
He is in great shape and this is another good news among others after a week which campaigned for the interests of Luis Enrique and his theory of rise to power.
The coach knew how to keep his group involved in all the events and perhaps some caught his eye enough for him to want to see them again in the Champions League.
Firstly Marco Asensio, fair, always well placed but imprecise in the last gesture.
Nordi Mukiele, without necessarily talking about the midweek matches of European dimension, still demonstrated that he too deserves a better fate now that he is sure of finishing the season in the capital.
There is basically still a place to take against Real if we imagine that Paris starts with a Dembélé-Mbappé-Barcola attack and a Hakimi-Marquinhos-Danilo-Hernandez defense.
He is the third man in the midfield with Warren Zaire-Emery and Vitinha.
Manuel Ugarte, Fabian Ruiz and Marco Asensio are competing for it.
The remote duel ends, PSG and Real will now look each other eye to eye and all that precedes no longer counts.