The players of Paris Saint-Germain defeated Saint-Etienne away with 2: 1 after the turnaround, in the 15th round of the French Ligue 1. Mauricio Pochettino’s team had difficulties, but they managed to win, but unfortunately with a serious injury to Neymar.
From the very beginning, the domination of the “Saints” was seen. Already in the 5th minute, Neymar scored a goal, but with the intervention of VAR, the decision was changed to offside. PSG continued to press the last line of Saint-Etienne, Kylian Mbappe also tried after a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper, but Etienne Green saved his net.
However, the host was the first to take the lead with a goal by Denis Bouanga in the 23rd minute. The main referee of the match, Jerome Brisard, immediately pointed to the VAR, but after watching the video technology, it was determined that the goal was regular.
Kyllian Mbappe threatened once again in the 41st minute, but again the keeper of the Saint Etienne net saved his goal. Everything went wrong at the end of the first half, when Timothee Kolodziejcak received a direct red card for a careless start, and two minutes later Messi flew over Marquinhos for 1: 1.
The players of Saint-Etienne could not cope with the Parisians, so it was clear that they would take a more or less easier victory in the second half.
The home team defended well until the 79th minute when Messi overtook Angel Di Maria, and then masterfully shot the left side of Etienne Green’s goal and routinely scored for 2: 1.
A big accident for Paris Saint-Germain happened in the 87th minute, when Neymar suffered a serious injury after a careless start by a home player. Neymar was unable to continue the match, so the young midfielder Eric Dina entered.
Marquinhos put an end to the match after another great, third in a match, assist by Messi.
Also, Sergio Ramos made his debut in the regular “Saints” and played the entire game.
Paris Saint-Germain is still convincingly first in the championship, with 40 points, or 14 more than the first runner-up. On the other hand, Saint-Etienne is in the last position with 12 points.
In the next match, PSG welcomes second-placed Nice, while Saint-Etienne plays against Brest, away.
