In the early morning of April 4, Beijing time, the Ligue 1 league continued, and Paris Saint-Germain returned home to meet the challenge of Lorient.
Paris has been in pretty bad shape recently, with 2 wins and 4 defeats in their last six matches in all competitions, champions league exits and three consecutive league defeats, including a 3-0 defeat to Monaco.
Fortunately, with the advantages accumulated before, Paris is still nine points ahead of second-place Marseille. Compared to Paris, There is a clear gap in Lorient's strength, which is also reflected in the standings.
Despite winning 2, drawing and losing 1 of their last four matches, Lorient is still only 16th, one point ahead of the relegation zone.
After being booed at home, Pochettino sent out a starting line-up of Donnaruma, Nuno Mendes, Kimpembe, Marchinios, Ashraf, Gaie, Danilo Pereira, Paredes, Neymar, Messi and Mbappe.
After the opening, the offensive and defensive transitions between the two teams were played very quickly.
In the 3rd minute, Mbappe broke through quickly on the right and after getting rid of the defense, the shot was threatening, and the Lorient goalkeeper saved the ball with his fingertips.
Just 10 minutes into the game, Paris scored, Messi dexterously missed, Mbappe delivered an assist, Neymar swooped in, and the MSN combination flashed again.
In the 25th minute, Neymar and Messi's connection was quite tacit, and Messi's shot was slightly higher.
Two minutes later, Paris' quick attack scored, Mbappe's shot was so fast that the opposing goalkeeper had no choice but to make it 2-0.
In the first half, the two teams' shooting ratio was 11-1, Lorient had no way to fight back, and the 2-0 match could not even reflect the advantage of Paris on the scene.
In the 55th minute, the Paris backline played with fire, and Ashraf, who was worth up to 70 million euros, staged an undercover return pass, so that Marquinhos could not react at all, Murphy did not waste this oolong assist, intercepted the ball directly, easily broke the goal, and pulled the score to 1-2.
In the 62nd minute, Ashraf made up for it, his front was forced to complete the steal, and Mbappe used his personal ability to score again. Ashraf was also happy to celebrate with Mbappe.
In the 72nd minute, Paris extended their lead when Mbappe crossed the line with his personal ability, and in the face of a nanny-like assist, Messi exploded into the top left corner to score.
Messi showed an innocent smile after scoring the goal, and celebrated with Neymar and Mbappe, which is also Messi's third goal in Ligue 1 this season!
The Paris performance continued, and in the 89th minute, Mbappe delivered his third assist of the game, and Neymar scored twice.
In the end, thanks to goals from Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Messi (the first time the three scored in the same game), and Kylian Mbappe scored five goals, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Lorient, who was only one point ahead of the relegation zone, 5-1 at home and extended their ligue 1 lead to 12 points.