After eliminating Barcelona in the round of 16 of the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) was this Sunday, after Lille 1-1 at Monaco, before the opportunity to be the leader of Ligue 1 by goal difference. But Nantes, which is fighting against relegation and is led by former PSG coach Antoine Kombouaré, surprised Mauricio Pochettino's team by beating him at the Parc des Princes (1-2), with which Lille follows first alone from the French championship, with 3 points more than the Parisians.
Pochettino made numerous changes with respect to the eleven that came out against Barcelona and PSG was shipwrecked again, as has happened to him on other occasions in this Ligue 1. The Parisians advanced thanks to a goal from Julian Draxler, very attentive when it came to pick up a ball that Ángel di María had actually directed at Kylian Mbappé. But the ball went to the German, who beat goalkeeper Alban Lafont in the 42nd minute.
It seemed that everything was going to lead to the triumph of PSG that would leave Lille without a leadership, but Nantes, now third to last, fight for their survival and gave the great surprise in the Parc des Princes. The tie came after a big mistake by Mbappé, who lost the ball. Kolo Muani took advantage of it to beat Keylor Navas after outwitting Marquinhos. Nantes had already given a warning before, but the Costa Rican goalkeeper made a great save. It was 59 '.
But Nantes, brave, still wanted more, needed more. And Simon scored the winning goal in the 71st minute, which punished the lazy second half of a PSG lacking pace. After a long ball from Lafont, Touré deflected the ball with his head towards Kolo, who served for Moses Simon and this, only against Navas, achieved the 1-2.
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Although he had chances, PSG, which still cannot count on Neymar (who is recovering from his injury), was very blurred. It started well, but it lasted 10 minutes. It was a bad performance for Pochettino's men, starting with their great star, Kylian Mbappé.