São Paulo , SP
26/02 18:37
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This Sunday, the Paris Saint Germain beat Olympique de Marseille 3-0, for the 25th round of the French Championship, away from home, at the Stade Vélodrome. With that, he opened an eight-point lead in the tournament. Messi and Mbappé (2x) scored for the visitors.
In their next match, Christophe Galtier’s men will face Nantes on the 4th, at 5 pm (Brasília time), as the principal, in the Parc des Princes.
On the other hand, Olympique de Marseille sees the possibility of title in the French Championship becoming more distant. Thus, they face Football Club d’Annecy for the quarterfinals of the French Cup, this Wednesday, at 5 pm, at home.
The game
The first two clear goal opportunities were for Olympique de Marseille. In the first, Nuno Tavares invaded the area and was stopped by the defender. And, in the second, the left winger was face to face with Donnarumma, but he kicked the ball wide.
Even with the pressure from the home team, who opened the scoring was Paris Saint-Germain, Messi thinks Mbappé, who crossed the back of the goal. Afterwards, Bailly equalized, but the goal was disallowed. After serving the Frenchman, it was the Argentine’s turn to score. The playmaker touched the goalkeeper’s exit and extended the advantage.
At the end of the first half, the two PSG protagonists lost the opportunity to go into the break calmer. In the sequence, Marquinhos appeared as a center forward, but also failed to hit the goal. Olympique de Marseille even tried to reduce it, but Nuno Tavares kicked it out and, in the chance of Alexis Sanchéz, the Italian goalkeeper slapped it out.
As in the first stage, the game started frenetic. After missing another chance to expand, Mbappé matched with Messi and scored his second goal of the match.
With the advantage, Paris Saint-Germain slowed down. Thus, the best chances became the home team’s. However, he failed to score the goal of honor.
