Lorient provided a surprise on Day 33 of the French Football League with a 3-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the capital, opening a window of hope for Marseille in a five-game title challenge.
Things soon went wrong for PSG, with Lorient opening the scoring in the 15th minute thanks to midfielder Enzo Le Fay, and things got worse after 20 minutes when Moroccan international Ashraf Hakimi saw a second yellow card and was sent off.
However, nine minutes later, Swiss goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo enters the action in a move worthy of a catch, in which he, thinking that the game was interrupted, threw the ball in front of him on the lawn to allegedly hit an indirect free kick, literally putting him in the legs Kylian Mbappe, who thanked for the offer and pushed the ball into the net, restoring the equality.
Such an offer was of little use to PSG, as Cameroonian left-back Darlene Yongwa, after an assist from Romany Favre, brought Lorient back to the scoreboard in the 38th minute, an advantage that would be extended at the end of the match, in the 89th minute, by Senegalese striker Bamba Dieng.
Portuguese internationals Danilo Pereira and Vitinha were in PSG’s starting line-up and were replaced in the 79th and 65th minutes respectively by Warren Zaire-Emery and Hugo Ekitike, while Nuno Mendes, also a Portuguese international, started on the bench but joined him on the 56th. to replace Spaniard Juan Bernat.
This home defeat to PSG raises some hopes, albeit faint ones, that Marseille can still challenge for the title if they win Auxerre this Sunday, which, if that happened, would leave the team with south of France five. points behind the Parisians, when five days remain before the end of the championship.
In other games this Sunday, the highlight was Montpellier’s 4-0 defeat against Monaco in the heart of the Principality, while Rennes hosted and beat the red-light district Angers 4-2, remaining in contention for a place in Europe. .
Nice went to Troyes to win 1-0, with the Portuguese Rony López on the bench for 90 minutes, while Clermont added three points in the reception to Reims, who they beat 1-0.
PSG lead with five games to go with 75 points (33 games), followed by Marseille with 67 (32), Lens with 66 (32), Monaco with 61 (33) and Lille with 59 (33).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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