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Real Sociedad-PSG (1-2): Paris did not even tremble

2024-03-05T22:15:42.998Z

Highlights: Real Sociedad-PSG (1-2): Paris did not even tremble. Kylian Mbappé, whom Luis Enrique did not dare to put on the bench at kick-off, obtained the first situation in a PSG in complete control. The captain of the Blues, insolent for many when he took his place in the stands in Monaco last Friday, once again shows that the pressure is slipping on him. A Mbappesque goal! A return to the top 8 which means that Paris has progressed.


This Tuesday evening in San Sebastián, in the round of 16 second leg of the Champions League, the capital club won for the first of the


Since PSG is moving into the quarter-finals of the Champions League without trembling by winning its first away match of the season in the competition, we have to start dreaming.

No, not a final - no team is there yet.

But an opponent is either affordable like Porto or PSV Eindhoven or unplayable like Real Madrid or Manchester City if these teams qualify soon.

History of believing in a potential semi-final or in an exploit, in Russian doll style, a fight full of passion and madness if it is Real Madrid, the future employer of Kylian Mbappé, again (double) scorer during a decisive match, a goal at the start of each period which very early propelled Paris into the month of April before confirmation.

Unlike their eruptive coach, the Parisians remained calm in the immense noise of Anoeta boiling until the end even at 0-2, approaching this return leg like a boss, sure of his strengths and his domination over his team. Spanish subject.

Which did not reproduce, as demanded by Imanol Alguacil, his first period at the Parc des Princes on February 14.

Kylian Mbappé, whom Luis Enrique did not dare to put on the bench at kick-off, obtained the first situation in a PSG in complete control.

The departing star released his team quite early (15th), after a pass from Ousmane Dembélé, but personal work on the left side, feints, widening angles and clinical shots.

A Mbappesque goal!

A return to the top 8 which means that Paris has progressed

The captain of the Blues, insolent for many when he took his place in the stands in Monaco last Friday, once again shows that the pressure is slipping on him, which with his right foot constitutes his main strength.

And Luis Enrique will also be able to say that his management has paid off, that these goals are partly due to him.

Everyone will benefit from it but there is a common good: the future of PSG, for the first time in the quarter-final since 2021 (first leg April 9-10 and return April 16-17), without Acraf Hakimi, suspended.

If we have to say it again, let's say it again: as long as number 7 still lives under the Parisian regime, we must take advantage of it and hope that his coach will align him with the summits that are coming, with a month and a half still to come - at least - thrills.

Here is a return to the top 8 which means that Paris has progressed over the past year with Luis Enrique and some consistent recruits from the last two years, from Vitinha to Bradley Barcola via Ousmane Dembélé or Lucas Hernandez.

On the downside, Real Sociedad was a weak opponent, ultimately, after an astonishing group stage but no more than Manchester United in 2019 who came to qualify at Porte de Saint-Cloud, an evening when Thilo Kehrer came with his feet and Gianluigi Buffon without his hands, two problems at the same time.

Obviously, the partners of Warren Zaire-Emery, quarter-finalist of the Champions League at 18 which he reaches this Friday, are not achieving a feat but punctuality is also a courtesy and often a quality.

This PSG was well organized, far from the tactical disorder with the three idols Neymar, Léo Messi and Kylian Mbappé, who were also three players impossible to assemble.

Luis Enrique has more freedoms, he who aligned the youngest eleven in the history of PSG in the Champions League: 23 years and 361 days.

He was even able to replace Bradley Barcola with Kang-In Lee at the break, with an assist from the South Korean for the crack of Bondy, 25 years old, captain, scorer and essential to the European life of PSG.

At least another month and a half.

Source: leparis

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