At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on October 22, the 12th round of Ligue 1 officially began, and the top-ranked Paris away to face promoted Marjacquesio. Messi assisted in the first half, with Mbappe taking the lead to break the deadlock; In the second half, Messi and Mbappe scored two goals in three minutes as Paris easily took away the victory 3-0.
Paris is still unbeaten in the new season, with 12 wins and 4 draws in all competitions, currently ranking first in the league, and the team's worth of 890 million is also the No. 1 in Ligue 1. 1。 As for Ajaccio, he won Ligue 2 last season and returned to Ligue 1 after eight years. It's just that after being promoted to Ligue 1, they are only ranked third from the bottom of the league due to their strength, and scoring only 8 goals in the first 11 rounds of the league is also the worst offensive firepower in Ligue 1, and the whole team is only worth 25 million, which is not as good as the value of a player in Paris. Ramos continued to be suspended in this game, Neymar also accumulated yellow cards and did not play, Galti followed the four-back formation: Donnarumma guarded the goal, Ashraf, Mujele, Marquinhos, Bernat formed the back line; Verratti, Ruiz, Sanchez partner in midfield; Mbappe, Messi and Soler up front trident.
In the opening 5 minutes, Messi diagonally inserted into the box and shot high; In the 13th minute, Paris won a free kick opportunity before the top of the arc, and Messi's direct shot was refracted and blocked by Ajaccio goalkeeper Le Roy!
In the 20th minute, Marchetti's penalty spot went straight over the crossbar. In the 24th minute, Soler made a tackle in the middle circle and passed straight, Messi got the ball to adjust and sent a precise direct stopper, and Mbappe kept pushing the ball into the net in the penalty area, 1:0! Mbappe easily "ate the cake", scoring his ninth goal in the league, and tied with Neymar and Jonathan David for the top scorer in Ligue 1. So far, Mbappe has scored 37 goals for Paris in 2022, which makes him surpass Lewandowski as the club's top five league goalscorers in 2022.
Messi contributed his eighth assist in the league, surpassing Neymar and topping the Ligue 1 assist list. At the same time, this is also Messi's 18th assist in 2022, and it is also the first in the five major leagues. In the past 6 games, Messi has scored 3 goals and 3 assists, and is in excellent form.
In the 35th minute, Ashraf cut in at high speed from the right, used his speed to shake off the defender and crossed, and Mbappe fired directly from the empty goal in front of the goal. In the 42nd minute, Verratti also sent a cross to Mbappe's feet, but this time Mbappe's shot was missed. In first-half stoppage time, Ruiz's curling ball from the edge of the box was slightly deflected.
In the opening two minutes of the second half, Messi picked out a shot from the left in front of the right side of the box, and Bernat's close-range shot was saved by Leroy; In the 56th minute, Messi again went straight to Mbappe's feet, but Mbappe's adjusted shot missed. In the 79th minute, Messi crossed in front of the goal, Bernat knocked back, Mbappe heeled the ball, Messi shook the goalkeeper in the box to score an empty goal, 2:0! Paris sealed the win as Kylian Mbappe provided two assists in successive rounds and Messi scored his sixth league goal, equalling Messi's league goals last season.
In the 82nd minute, Messi drove straight into the ball to feed Mbappe again, and Mbappe stopped the ball in front of the box and shot again, 3:0! Kylian Mbappe scored twice to officially surpass Neymar and occupy the top scorer in Ligue 1. Messi scored twice to match Kevin Kevin Kevin with league assists this season.
In the end, relying on Messi's 1 shot and 2 passes and Kylian Mbappe's 2 goals and 1 pass, Paris beat Ajaccio away and continued their unbeaten run in 17 games in the new season while winning two consecutive league games. Paris will return to host Maccabi Haifa in the fifth round of the group stage of the Champions League next week, only to beat their opponents and Paris will qualify one round earlier.
Paris starters: 99 Donnarumma, 2 Ashraf, 26 Mugelle, 5 Marquinhos, 14 Bernat, 8 Fabian, 6 Verratti, 18 Renato Sanchez, 7 Mbappe, 30 Messi, 28 Soler
Subs: 90 - Alexander Letteller, 1 - Navas, 31 - Bichab, 35 - Ismail Galbi, 19 - Saravia, 17 - Vitinha, 33 - Zaire Emery, 36 - Emang Cary, 44 - Ekitik
Ajaccio starters: 1 - Le Roy, 99 - Youssef Konet, 21 - Avenel, 25 - Omar Gonzalez, 20 - Mohammed Yusuf, 14 - Ballara, 8 - Marchetti, 6 - Kutadel, 92 - Belelli, 7 - Idrisi, 11 - Musetti Oko
Subs: 2 Alphonse, 3 Ismail Diallo, 5 Riyad Nouri, 15 Vidal, 16 Solara Carlo, 17 Hamoma, 23 Mangani, 29 Chabrol