Paris are the biggest favourites for Champions League champions this season, and from the introduction of Lionel Messi, the Ligue 1 giants have never lacked attention. Now, Neymar and Messi have returned from injury, coupled with Mbappe's outbreak, Pochettino can finally take charge of the full class, the 26th round of Ligue 1, Paris home to the Saint-Etienne test.
Five minutes into the game, Neymar used his personal ability to break into the box, but his left-footed push was slightly higher. In the 9th minute, Dani Lopereira made a strong push into the top of the penalty area but failed to suppress it. However, under the overwhelming attack of Paris, it was Saint-Etienne who scored first. In the 15th minute, Pereira was directly cut off by the fire at the back, and then Buanga burst into the box with a low shot to break the score to 0-1. Luckily, in the 41st minute of the first half, Paris flattened the gap. Messi received a pass from his teammate on the right and sent a brilliant straight, and Mbappe understood that he would cut in front of the goal to make the score 1-1.
After the adjustment of the midfield, Paris is also full of morale. Just one minute into the second half, Paris took the lead. After a series of passes in the front, the ball came to Messi's feet, only to see him in the barca period is very familiar with the right corridor flashing around, after a continuous break away from the defenders, Messi burst into the box, this time he is still not greedy, seeing Mbappe from the outside high-speed insertion, Messi once again sent a scalpel-like straight plug, Mbappe calmly pushed the goal from a small angle, the score came to 2-1.
Six minutes later, Paris made a comeback. Nerma drove a tactical corner kick on the left, then he and Mbappe tried to complete the wall-hitting coordination, although the ball was broken, but the second penalty on the periphery was still controlled by Paris, he looked up to observe the running position of his teammates, directly in front of the left side of the penalty area line sent a turbulent outside cross, the back point wrapped Danilope Reira jumped high, close-range header, the score came to 3-1. Then in the 75th minute, Neymar and Messi completed a delicate combination, but messi's shot was deflected, and then in the 80th minute, Marr's shot hit the upright, and the score was not rewritten.
It was not easy to win this game in Paris, but the goal near the end of the first half was a turning point. In this campaign, Paris got a high possession rate of 63%, and as many as 25 feet in terms of the number of shots, it can be said that in the second half, Paris ushered in a change of birth, and the timely outbreak also basically controlled the situation on the field. On the other hand, Saint-Etienne only had 12 shots on goal, less than half of Paris's, so it was also convincing to be reversed, after all, paris's luxurious attack line was worth as much as 300 million euros.
After this campaign, Paris's points rose to 62 points, 15 points ahead of second-place Marseille, and the Ligue 1 title was basically in the bag. And between Messi and Mbappe, the super chemistry, as well as the super competitive state shown by Neymar after his return, also gives fans reason to believe that Paris is not only satisfied with the ligue 1 title, in the Champions League, Paris will usher in the second leg of real madrid challenge, they are the big favorite to advance to the top 8, but also the biggest championship team this season, with the timely outbreak of the trident, they are expected to make history.