The Gones stick out their fangs but do not advance. Olympique Lyonnais hooked up Paris Saint-Germain (1-1) this Sunday to end the weekend, as part of the 20th day of Ligue 1. Even if many absent were to be deplored on each side, at the Like Slimani, Toko Ekambi, or even Kadewere, who left for CAN, or Denayer and Mendes on the Lyon side, as well as Donnarumma, Messi, Di Maria or Neymar on the Ile-de-France side, this tempting poster has kept all its promises at Groupama Stadium. To perfectly launch this high-intensity shock, Paqueta quickly opened the scoring with a nice cross strike leaving no chance for Navas (1-0, 7th), who had just received a first alert triggered by Aouar (6th). An achievement confirming the good start of the Rhone, organized in 3-4-2-1 and posing a lot of problems to their opponents with their fast transitions perfectly managed offensively. If Pochettino’s men returned to the locker room empty-handed, they nevertheless multiplied the opportunities by Herrera (6th), Icardi (7th), Paredes (21st), Marquinhos (24th) but especially Mbappé (22nd, 42nd), who found the left amount of Lopes just before the break.
After the break, the two teams continued to surrender blow for blow, the Lyonnais trying to hurt Parisians against the still too rough ball in the foot, like Emerson (51st), a situation having Lead to a double opportunity for OL, by Dembélé then Aouar (59th), or a shot not on target from the incoming Cherki (74th). For its part, PSG did not let go and accentuated the siege around the opposing defense. Icardi (54th) then Mbappé (72nd) initially showed clumsiness. It is finally quite logically that Kehrer, off the bench, put the two teams tied by taking advantage of a fleeting handover from Verratti (1-1, 76th). Enough to liven up a little more at the end of the match having seen Mbappé still upset by the post, on a free kick and where despite several hot situations on both sides, no one managed to gain the upper hand. This parity score does not help Lyon, which has not won since November 28 in Ligue 1 and remains in 5 games without a win, stuck in 11th place in the standings. Paris, jostled, remains a solid leader but has a second draw in a row in the league.
