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At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 20, the 25th round of Ligue 1 ushered in a match, and Paris Saint-Germain challenged Nantes. Paris Saint-Germain, having won 18 games in the first 24 league rounds, occupies the top spot and opens up a huge gap with the team behind them. The league championship actually has no great suspense. In the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain also went very smoothly, in the first leg of the quarter-finals, Paris Saint-Germain played a dominant level, and finally won a victory, taking the lead in the two-legged match. The Champions League battle was extremely physically demanding for Paris Saint-Germain players, and after only 4 days of rest, they returned to the league to play Nantes. Paris Saint-Germain played Nantes in the 14th round and won, a match in which Messi scored his first goal in Ligue 1. Paris Saint-Germain again broke out and lost 3-1.
Pochettino lined up in a 433 formation for this game. Navas served as the starting goalkeeper. Bernat, Kimpembe, Marchinhos and Correll are paired at 4-back. Verratti, Geye and Wiyerdum form a 3 midfielder. Neymar, Mbappe and Messi's attacking trident joined forces. Icardi, Di Maria Pereira, Draxler, Ashraf and Donnarumma are all on the bench.
The first half of the game was incredible, Nantes actually scored three goals, first Muani single-handedly, then Meran burst straight into the corner, Blas relied on penalties to continue to expand the score. Paris Saint-Germain also had good chances, but they were not taken advantage of, and the one-handed opportunities of Messi, Geyer and Neymar were magically defused by goalkeeper Lavon, which was very incredible. At the end of the half, Paris Saint-Germain fell behind 3-0, which was unbelievable! Paris Saint-Germain had 72% possession in the first half, with seven shots on target and five on target, all of which were deflected by the goalkeeper. Nantes scored 9 shots on goal in the first half, 6 shots on target and scored 3 goals.
Paris Saint-Germain pounced ferociously in the second half and Messi assisted Neymar to score. Mbappe then made a point, and it was Neymar who took the penalty, and as a result, Neymar lost the penalty and missed the perfect opportunity. This loss of points is very demoralizing. After that, although Pochettino kept changing people and changing 5 people, he failed to score goals. The final score was set at 1-3, and Paris Saint-Germain lost, breaking out with a cold score.
In the post-match whoscored rating, Messi scored a team-high 7.5 points, and although he failed to score 3 shots, he had 1 assist, 3 key passes, and 4 successful passes. Mbappe missed 4 shots on goal, created a penalty that was wasted by Neymar and he scored seven points. Although Neymar scored 1 goal, he conceded a penalty and scored only 6.6 points. Nantes goalkeeper Lavon made a miraculous 8 saves and scored a game-high 9.8 points.