PSG takes the lead after its victory in opposition to Metz and Lens’ defeat in opposition to Monaco | EUROtoday

PSG simply beat Metz, Saturday February 21 within the night, (3-0) and took benefit of the sooner defeat of Lens, which was overthrown by Monaco (3-2), to regain the lead in Ligue 1.

By falling on Saturday in opposition to Monaco (3-2), the Lensois knew that their main place was on the mercy of PSG.

The Parisians, as anticipated, took benefit of this primary defeat of Lens at Bollaert after ten victories, to take two extra factors (54) and first place within the championship.

Despite an excellent begin and a two-goal lead, the Sang et Or have been too messy and have been too simply pushed round by the Monegasques all through the match. They collapsed in lower than ten minutes (63^e70^e72^e), pushing Pierre Sage to declare that Lens had “messed up”.

“It’s complicated to explain, we had the match in hand, we stupidly restarted them after losing the ball, we lacked presence in the pressing. There was everything to win this match and put pressure on the other teams”regretted Matthieu Udol on the microphone of Bein Sport.

Toulouse and the PFC half in a draw

In the method, in opposition to Metz – 18^e and relegated with 13 factors -, Paris quietly unfolded because of Désiré Doué’s early opening rating (1-0, 3^e), his third purpose in 4 days after his double within the Champions League on Tuesday in opposition to Monaco (3-2). He got here out at halftime, visibly affected.

Just earlier than the break, Bradley Barcola doubled the lead by simply scoring with a header (2-0, 45+3), figuring out that he was near scoring others. Gonçalo Ramos concluded the match with a 3rd purpose because of a great restoration from Lucas Hernandez (3-0, 77^e).

With this success, PSG has appeared completely in the direction of the Champions League return play-off subsequent Wednesday in opposition to Monaco, who additionally reassured themselves by overthrowing the Lensois.

In the night, Toulouse (9^e) and the PFC (14^e) parted in a draw (1-1). While the Ile-de-France residents opened the scoring in opposition to the run of play, the Toulouse residents equalized after a number of probabilities stopped by Kevin Trapp.

This just isn’t essentially excellent news for each groups. In the race for Europe, Téfécé – which has not gained in 4 video games – finds itself beneath stress from Lorient, Angers and Brest. Opposite, the PFC didn’t give itself a lot air within the race to take care of, the membership’s goal.