In the early morning of February 20, Beijing time, the 25th round of the Ligue 1 began, just in the champions league 1/8 final first leg 1-0 defeat of Real Madrid's big Paris to the away nemesis Nantes, this battle MMN combination again joined forces, and finally still lost 1-3 to Nantes, Pochettino once again backed the pot, he failed to adjust the team's offensive and defensive system, a good hand was played poorly.
Pochettino continued to use the 433 formation, Mbappe, Messi, Neymar 3 superstars joined the starting lineup again, the midfield was properly rotated, Wijnaldum, Geye, Verratti were paired, the back line used Bernat, Kimpembe, Marchinios, Tilo Korel, goalkeeper Navas, such a luxurious lineup once crushed the opponent, but the momentum was not scored, and the back line collapsed early.
In the 3rd minute of the game, Mu'ani and Simon completed a delicate passing combination, by Mu'ani completed a small angle to break the goal, Nantes led 1-0; in the 15th minute of the game, Bucari cut into the box from the right side of the road to complete the return pass, Melan directly bombarded the goal, Paris fell behind 0-2; in the 45+5 minutes of the game, Wijnaldum gave a big gift, directly handball foul in the penalty area, Brass took the penalty shot, and Paris ended the first half 0-3.
In the second half, Greater Paris set off an offensive frenzy, in the 46th minute of the game, the MMN combination completed the cooperation, Mbappenet crossed, Messi got the ball and directly assisted Neymar's goal, Greater Paris chased back a goal 1-3; in the 59th minute of the game, Mbappe entered the box, the emergency stop slammed the ball directly caused a defender foul, the referee awarded a penalty, Neymar's main penalty was confiscated by the goalkeeper, and Greater Paris had no chance to continue to chase points, and finally lost the game 1-3.
In the whole game, Greater Paris played very helplessly, because Nantes has the attributes of a "logging team" and has the advantage of the home field, and the referee treats many of Nantes' fouls leniently, and Greater Paris has fallen into a bitter battle and brewed a fiasco. Paris had 72% of the ball, but the shot contrast with Nantes was 15-13, and the shooting was 8-7, and finally lost the game 1-3.
After the loss, Paris Saint-Germain gave birth to 3 major humiliations, first, Paris has lost to Nantes three times since the 2018/19 season, and Nantes has become the team that has won the most paris in Ligue 1 in the same period; second, Paris has fallen behind 3-0 in the first half of Ligue 1 for the first time since 2010; third, Paris has scored 3 goals in the first half of Nantes for the first time since the 1981/82 season; in the face of such a historical humiliating result, the MMN combination has tried its best. They had already completed a number of threatening shots on the offensive end, and had also scored goals, but their own defense was too bad, and the opposing goalkeeper was hanging, resulting in the loss of the game in Paris. Coach Pochettino once again backed the pot, he became the first manager of the greater Paris variable local team after the loss rate, the team performance was very sluggish, the loss rate was as high as 15.7%, losing 11 of 70 games, which is the highest loss rate of Greater Paris since the Qatari consortium came to power.