by A goal in the last action of the game by Canadian Jonathan David prevented Paris Saint Germain from winning at the Pierre Mauroy stadium, ahead thanks to a penalty converted by Kylian Mbappé, in the clash that closed the sixteenth round of Ligue 1.
Luis Enrique’s team missed a good chance in added time to make a move in the standings. But he made half of the setback, the defeats, for both Nice and Monaco, the teams that follow him in the standings.
It was an unthinkable action. The reward for the high pressure of the local team that Paris Saint Germain did not know how to resolve with the victory in hand. Marco Asensio lost the ball and it reached Algerian Adam Ounas who shot from the edge of the area. The Spanish goalkeeper Arnau Tenas avoided the goal as best he could, with his foot. And Jonathan David arrived at the corner before anyone else and headed it into the net..
It was a matter of two changes, two revulsions. The Portuguese coach Paulo Fonseca was right, bringing David onto the field at the last minute and, just to play the added time, the Algerian. Between them, they rewarded Lille, a team on the rise, in progress, that has not lost in ten games and is already in fourth place in the Champions League..
It was the meeting of two teams relieved to have resolved their respective European issues: Lille the second round of the Conference League and PSG their place in the Champions League qualifiers. It did not mean a truce.
Luis Enrique’s painting was not fresh. On the contrary, well controlled by his rival. Despite the initial dominance, the first warnings came from the locals. From the Kosovar Edon Zhergrova first at the quarter of an hour, and right after, the second. It was Lille’s threat.
PSG found solutions in attack through Ousmane Dembélé’s lane. Without news of Mbappé, the former Barcelona player was the main visiting attacker. He was able to score in the current minutes. PSG accelerated and after half an hour Vitinha forced Lucas Chevalier to emerge as savior.
The duel became agitated later, starting at game time. In an unnecessary action, on the left. Bafode Diakite blocked Lucas Hernández in the area. Within the area. It was a penalty. It was scored by Mbappé who put his team ahead.
Paulo Fonseca changed the situation. He resisted the champion’s insistence that he couldn’t close out the win. In ’81 Jonathan David came out for Yusuf Yazici and in ’90 the bet grew. Adam Ounas took the place of Benjamin Andre. Between them they created the goal, the tie.
The equalizer arrived in the last action and brought euphoria to the stands. PSG stopped its streak. He had eight wins in a row and that’s where he stayed. He widened his half advantage. It now surpasses Nice by five and Monaco by seven.
