AC Ajaccio – PSG: Paris Saint-Germain win thanks to goals from Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi

Neymar was suspended but his friends took over. PSG went to win clearly on the lawn of Ajaccio, Friday, at the opening of the 12th day of Ligue 1 (0-3). If Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring in the first period (24th), the Parisians waited until the end of the match for the break by Lionel Messi (79th) then on a second goal from the Frenchman (82nd). The men of Christophe Galtier consolidate their place as leader of the classification while those of Olivier Pantaloni, powerless, remain 18th.

Faced with the promoted Corsican who have recently started to find their marks in the elite, the Parisians were quick to put their foot on the ball and take the upper hand in the midfield. Aligned in attack in front of a diamond midfielder with Marco Verratti, Renato Sanches, Fabian Ruiz and Carlos Soler, Messi quickly picked up a lot and organized the visitors’ offensives. If the ACA fired the first arrow with an off-target shot from Mounaïm El Idrissy (3rd), the Pulga scored the first shot on target of the match on an axial free kick diverted by Benjamin Leroy (13th).

Paris took the time…

The Ajacciens showed a great aggressiveness in the first period and were able to count on the inspirations of Youcef Belaïli to upset the visitors or allow Vincent Marchetti in particular to place an interesting axial recovery but next to the target (21st). Dominating, PSG was also more precise and Messi launched Mbappé to the left of the opposing area for an opener with a right-footed shot at the near post (0-1, 24th).

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