As Paris Saint-Germain suffered a second consecutive defeat at home on Sunday, their World Cup-winning superstar Lionel Messi was booed by a section of the crowd.
PSG lost 1-0 to Lyon, making it their second consecutive home defeat. At the Parc des Princes, Lyon’s Bradley Barcola caused PSG’s most recent defeat, a 2-0 defeat at home to Rennes two weeks prior.
Barcola’s goal, which came on in place of the injured Amin Sarr, made up for Alexandre Lacazette’s missed penalty in the first half.
Parisians’ fifth loss in Ligue 1
This is the Parisians’ fifth loss in Ligue 1 this season all of them in 2023 and leaves Christophe Galtier’s team just six points behind Lens and Marseille, who are in third place and second, respectively.
The circumstances of the night’s beginning were contentious. In one area of the stadium, whistling greeted Messi’s name as the team lineups were announced over the loudspeaker. The circumstances of the night’s beginning were contentious.
Messi’s two-year deal with the Paris club is about to expire at the 35-year-old club.
A possible extension has been discussed, but he has also been linked to a return to Barcelona.
The veteran has scored 29 goals in 67 games with PSG over the past two seasons, including Sunday’s match against Lyon, which placed ninth.
PSG midfielder Danilo recognized the group had hit “a troublesome stage” which they needed to find an exit from, given their opponents were shutting in.
“We need to get up. “There are still a lot of matches, and the title is not guaranteed at all,” he stated on Prime Video.
PSG have been severely hindered by injuries, with their defense decimated and Neymar still recovering from ankle surgery.
El Chadaille Bitshiabu, a 17-year-old central defender, was called up by PSG on Sunday, but he was overwhelmed and lost the ball far too frequently. Similar to his late-game heroics against Strasbourg and Brest, Kylian Mbappe failed to pull off the same feat.
PSG travels to Nice, where they haven’t lost since January 2, before a crucial home match against Lens, who are in second place.
The lens will be hoping to deal a further blow to their Qatari rivals, whose season is in danger of collapsing after they lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League and too bitter rivals Marseille in the French Cup.
Two faces of Monaco:
With a rollercoaster 4-3 home victory over Strasbourg, Monaco maintained their push for a Champions League spot.
Despite taking a lead in the 18th minute thanks to Vanderson, Monaco was down 2-1 at the break.
Lebo Mothiba and an own objective by Chilean protector Guillermo Maripan gave Strasbourg the edge.
Youssouf Fofana and Eliesse Ben Seghir, both of whom are only 18 years old, scored three goals in the second half to give Monaco a 4-2 lead.
For Strasbourg, Habib Diallo’s stoppage-time strike was merely a consolation. Monaco currently has 57 points. Philippe Clement, the head coach of Monaco, stated, “As I told the players, we saw two faces of Monaco tonight.”
Strasbourg, on the other hand, came back and scored twice after the aggressiveness subsided. I was extremely enraged at halftime. My team was unrecognizable to me.”