With a great assist from Messi to Mbappé, PSG reaches the draw against Saint Etienne

The Paris Saint Germain receive the Saint Etienne for matchday 26 of the League 1. The game, which is refereed by Pierre Gaillouste, can be followed on ESPN 2. The team that drives Mauricio Pochettino He has the opportunity to recover at home after the heavy defeat he suffered last weekend against Nantes (1-3) that generated a new criticism from the French press against Lionel Messi and other figures of the Paris team.

The figures of the owner of the house did not shine too much during the first part. In fact, it was Saint Etienne who came up on the scoreboard due to offensive steals and a goal from Denis Bouanga, who took advantage of the almost amateur carelessness of Portuguese midfielder Danilo Pereira at the start. A while before, Kylian Mbappé had warned the visit with a run and shot that he died at the hands of goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni, who had to roll over to deactivate the danger in a Messi free kick on the edge of the area after half an hour.

In the prelude to the duel for a new date of the highest football tournament in France, it must be remembered that the PSG remains the leader with comfort from the competitionsince he has 59 points and is 13 units ahead of his pursuer, the Marseille Olympic directed by another Argentine, Jorge Sampaoli.

Looking ahead to this afternoon’s duel at the Princes Park, Pochettino suffered two losses of weight in the midfield. your countryman Leandro Paredes He won’t be in the game, as he failed to recover from a groin problem he suffered after last weekend’s loss. For his part, the Italian Marco Verratti He will not be available either: he is suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards.

The other who still does not have a presence in the PSG first team is Sergio Ramos. The defender, former captain of the Real Madrid, continues to recover from an injury to one of his twins and was not cited. Moreover, his participation in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 series against the You meringues.

In this way, the Argentine DT opted in the middle of the court with Georginio Wijnaldum to accompany Danilo and Gueye. In the attack will be the trident made up of Kylian Mbappé, Neymar and Messi.

In the case of Saint Etienne, the team led by Pascal Dupraz tied 2-2 with Racing de Strasbourg in their last match and are in 16th position in the French tournament with 22 points, just one more than Lorient, who would currently be playing the Promotion to maintain the category.

In the run-up to the duel with PSG, the visitors’ coach left a clear message for his players before traveling to Paris to face the championship leader. “I told the players: ‘if we go to exchange shirts with Messi (Lionel), Neymar and Mbappé (Kylian), I’m not going'”assured the technician.

In addition, he was full of praise for the Rosario star. “Messi is an exceptional player and I hope he is a little less good than we are used to seeing him against us. It’s good to play against him, but it’s better to get a result”, explained Dupraz. “He is a fantastic player and he has a humble image. He is not provocative, he respects his rivals and competes masterfully,” he added.

In the first round of the tournament, in the match valid for date 15, PSG kept the three points thanks to a 3-1 that featured Messi with three assists in the game in which the scorers were Marquinhos ( 2) and Angel Di Maria.

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Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Stadium: Parc des Princes, Paris

TV: ESPN 2

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