There will therefore be two possible readings of this duel on the 24th day of Ligue 1. If Paris aspired to come and glean a bit of confidence and energy from Monaco and to put its sense of sacrifice to the test, the leader of the championship undoubtedly achieved its objective by coming to share the points at the Stade Louis-II.
But if he had traveled to the Principality to seek out what he needed in terms of confidence, calm and serenity on the way to the Champions League, the capital club may have missed out this Friday evening, and perhaps even in great widths.
As it has become accustomed to in the face of this AS Monaco with the profile of a black beast, Paris once again experienced the greatest difficulty in the world in resisting the Rouge-et-Blanc who, this Friday, had bet everything on the attack.
But if after three corrections of rank received on the Rock, Paris this time spared itself a defeat, four days before meeting Real Sociedad in the Champions League, it did not, however, spare a " affair” with a repercussion capable of polluting the atmosphere in proportions never before reached.
As if the announcement of the departure of Kylian Mbappé at the end of the season had not already made enough noise, that the replacement of the captain of the Blues last week, shortly after the hour mark, had not sowed enough seeds of doubt. trouble, Luis Enrique has, this time, clearly displayed his break with his star striker by deciding to take him out during the break.
A lunar exit
Established on a left flank that he had not seen since the end of November, Kylian Mbappé's last outing against his training club even turned into a nightmare.
Uninspired, like all of his partners, the captain of the Blues did not manage to save Paris from Monegasque ultra-domination in the first period.
The three unfortunate Parisian breakthroughs into the Monegasque area thus paled in comparison to the eighteen Monegasque attempts, many of which established Gianluigi Donnarumma as a true savior.
A dominated Paris, an asphyxiated Paris returned to the pitch in the shoes of a Paris without its star striker, replaced by its coach at the break.
A bold choice, almost becoming lunar when the attention of Louis-II's stands moved away from the pitch to follow the steps of the "sanctioned" of the day, who went to sit... in the stands alongside his mother.
But a choice which saw the Ligue 1 leader regain control of the match and, failing to find the net on strikes from Barcola and Vitinha, at least mastered his second period.
Four days before the most important match of the season, the question now is to know what the consequences of this draw like no other will be.
This Friday, Luis Enriqiue reaffirmed his authority, as none of his predecessors had done so far.
But there are two more injured.
Marco Asensio, hit in the right leg and forced to leave his partners in the 39th.
And above all Kylian Mbappé, touched his heart, and undoubtedly his pride.