There is no suspense, considering that paris has won seven consecutive victories against Marseille at the Parc des Princes in Paris, the national derby faces the current Ligue 1 in Europe, and Paris easily won the exhausted opponent 2-1. After this battle, Paris is only one step away from regaining the Ligue 1 title, as long as Paris beat Angers in the middle of the week and Marseille lost points on Nantes, Paris will lock in the league title, and the Paris season will be over.
Eerie atmosphere Lackluster competition
"This Sunday, my ears were unharmed. I could even hear flies flying. Europort reporter Cyril Morin, who covered the match live, wrote in his column. The Ligue 1 has always given fans a fiery impression, with fireworks in the stands and smoke from the broadcast screens rendering the atmosphere of the stadium like a battlefield. But this national derby, although the upper seats are still full, the stage is a peaceful silence.
The silent protests against the Paris hierarchy continue, which are more united and orderly than the United fans, who are divided into two factions on and off the pitch. At around 7:30 p.m. local time, Parisian fans entered the arena together, they did not sing and shout, and after simply sitting down, they displayed the same banner "VIRAGE 1991 AUTEUIL" (banner of the most important fan organization in Paris) as in the previous paris and Lorient matches, upside down, an absurd scene.
Throughout the game, paris fans were very restrained, although before the game Paris invited Paulletta and Catoto (Paris's French women's international football team), they only received a rare applause. On the contrary, when Pochettino and the Paris players entered, there was a lot of boos on the spot. In addition to Neymar's goal in the 11th minute and Mbappe's departure in the final moments of the second half, there were few moments of collective cheering, which was a strange sight, a collection of elephant words rather than a symphony of songs and encouragement, and with a lackluster race, like canceling the Tour de France in the mountains, even a heavy event, it was not much fun.
Admittedly, leaving aside the national derby flag, this game will not have much impact on the movement of the two teams and the league. It is only a matter of time before Paris triumphs, marseille has experienced a huge trip to Greece in Europe, this round Rennes lost to Monaco, Marseille's second place in the league is temporarily solid, and it is impossible to try to win this game. Before the game, the French media team reported that as many as 5 important players in marseille were born around Paris (Saliba, Guendouzi, Gaiye, Kamara, Bakambu), which seemed to be deliberately playing down the hostile relationship between the two sides, so the game was full of passion. Paris was a stone's throw away from the tenth crown, but there was no depressing atmosphere at the back of the race.
The ratings of the French media team newspaper caused a lot of doubts after the game, with the highest score of the game only 6 points, and Messi and Mbappe both scored only 4 points. The average score of the Paris team is only 4.8 points, while the average score of the marseille team is only 4.6 points, although the team newspaper has always been known for its strict ratings, but for the player who scored (Mbappe) such a low score, it is largely based on the sluggish atmosphere of the game, made a more subjective judgment.
Neymar scored Caleta equalised With both goalkeepers lining up to give gifts
Before the match, the topic of goalkeepers made the French media obsessed. The last time Paris made a clean sheet, the goalkeeper was Navas, and then Donnarumma started three consecutive starts, and Paris conceded goals; Marseille's meritorious goalkeeper Mandanda was reduced to a substitute under Sampaoli this season, and Mandownda recently played well in the UEFA Cup knockout rounds, while Marseille's main goalkeeper Paul López was mediocre, and not long ago in the game against relegation team Saint-Etienne, he made a low-level mistake to save the ball into the goal. However, at the moment of the big enemy, the goalkeeper rotation called for by the French media did not happen, Donnarumma and Paul López continued to start, and the mistakes of the two also caused the first two goals of the game.
In the 12th minute of the match, Verratti assisted Neymar's goal. Paul lópez rushed out, giving Neymar the opportunity to pick out the goal, in addition to this attack error, Paul López performed mediocrely in this game, and only 1 successful save in the whole game. Marseille has activated the paul lópez buyout with Roma after the winter break, but his recent performance will make Marseille wonder if the 12 million euros are worth it.
Donnarumma's mistakes were even more pronounced, Marseille striker Milik was injured, Sampaoli did not continue to let Harriet start, but chose to let Paye play the No. 9 and a half position, this arrangement is difficult to say ideal, Marseille's threatening attack is mostly through set-pieces and corners, in the 31st minute, Marseille corner attack, Donnarumma pounced on the ball, saved the ball to the danger of the goal, Marseille center-back Caleta Carr poked the goal in the chaotic battle, Caleta Carl also became after Van Beatten in 2003, The first Marseille defender to face a goal in Paris.
4 goals were blown away by VAR4 degrees to affect the goal decision
Marseille president Lengria stressed after the game: "Neither team has much chance to score. Admittedly, although the number of times the two sides sent the ball to the goal in this game was very large, there were not many scoring opportunities created in the real sense, and after the two goalkeepers gave gifts and led to two goals, the third goal was a controversial penalty. VAR played such a vital role in the match that the team newspaper bluntly stated after the match that "the victory in Paris was due in part to the fifth referee".
The third goal, Neymar dribbled laterally and barely got up to shoot, which was blocked by a Dense Marseille player on the edge of the penalty area. The referee did not take a position at the first time, but made a penalty under the reminder of VAR. Mbappe's penalty shot helped Paris regain the lead, and in the previous rennes 2-3 Monaco, Terrier and Ben Yedder, who were tied for second in the Ligue 1 top scorers, scored goals, and Mbappe also used this goal to once again extend the top scorer's lead to two goals.
The penalty penalty sparked some controversy after the match, with the ball bouncing off the leg of Marseille player Lungier hitting his elbow and then bouncing back into Guyer's hand. French first-class referee Sed Njimi said after the match: "It's a punishment for the players who hit the ball. And Marseille President Langria is also very unhappy about this: "I am surprised by many decisions. If we have VAR, it is to avoid this type of referee error. ”
Longoria believes there were a lot of surprising penalties for the game, and VAR was clearly the main initiator. There have been 4 interventions in this game to lead to scoring-related penalties, but not all penalties are disputed, the first time appeared in the first 40 minutes, Nuno Mendez interjected from the wing to assist Messi's goal, VAR intervened on the grounds of offside, this decision is very accurate, in the 76th minute of the second half, Messi flashed in front of the box and gave the ball to Mbappe to score, VAR once again intervened on the grounds of offside, the ball was not obviously offside, but it is still difficult to say that there is a problem with the penalty.
The really questionable penalty, in addition to the handball delivery point mentioned above, was also in the 85th minute of the game, when a free kick from the Marseille front was opened and Salibba's back-of-the-spot shot to equalize the score was blown to null and void. In slow motion, Saliba is almost parallel to the Paris players, and the subtle offside range is also a few centimeters of shoulders. It's hard to make a penalty in a similar situation because if you stop the frame and draw the line before a quarter of a second, the player won't be in offside. And the blow of this goal also extinguished Marseille's hopes of equalizing in the final moments.
Applause or gratuitous? Ligue 1 takes what leaves Mbappe
Admittedly, in response to similar highly controversial offside penalties in recent years, the Premier League made the decision last summer to expand the criteria for judging VAR offside. The Ligue 1 has a similar blow this season, but the influence is limited and cannot set off a wave of change. A total of four goals were blown in the match, including two goals scored by Messi. Although Messi had a lot of highlights in this game, he was not in the best condition overall.
In the end, the French national derby came to an end amid silent protests and controversies. Mbappe was substituted in the second minute of injury time in the second half, mbappe's 211th game for Paris, and he tied the record for Parisian star Pauletta. Paris fans also did not hesitate to give Mbappe a warm applause, but in this eerie atmosphere, Paris fans did not send applause like encouragement, but more like a prayer for him to stay.
But will Mbappe stay? When the national derby also loses its passion and bloodiness, what will Ligue 1 do to keep their home stars? (Back-ups/MIKU)