PSG faces another loss against Monaco. After Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) suffered a 3-1 defeat at AS Monaco in Ligue 1, Marquinhos opposed Gianluigi Donnarumma’s request to shake hands with the supporters of the team.
After the club lost its second straight match in all competitions—2-1 against Monaco in the Coupe de France on Wednesday—the supporters became enraged. After the loss in Monaco, Donnarumma, however, disregarded his captain’s instructions and went to meet the ultras.
One of the players that ran into the fans was vice-captain Presnel Kimpembe, who had been out for a while with an injury. For the supporters, he had a message. The center back spoke: “You guys are going to be necessary. On Tuesday, we’ll need you at home. In the dressing room, we must reassess our strategy.”
PSG’s match with Monaco got off to a terrible start. In the fourth minute, Aleksandr Golovin scored the game’s first goal. Wissam After 14 minutes, Ben Yedder doubled Monaco’s lead. In the 39th minute, Warren Zaire-Emery cut Monaco’s deficit in half, but Ben Yedder restored Monaco’s two-goal lead before halftime. In the second half, there were no goals.
The Parisians continue to lead the Ligue 1 rankings despite the loss. With 54 points from 23 games, they are in second place, seven points behind the leader Monaco.
Marquinhos, the PSG captain, offered a comprehensive appraisal of the loss to AS Monaco. He stated: “We need to go back a step. Football is a team sport at its core. We made an effort today, but we need to improve because of the circumstances. We can create opportunities, but you shouldn’t interpret it that way at the beginning of the game.”
Meanwhile, manager Christopher Galtier gave an update on the ailments of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, saying: “For Mbappe’s injury-related absence, we’ve established a time frame. For Messi, a point will be made when he returns to training either tomorrow or on Monday.” This season, Parisians have scored goals including those from Messi (15) and Mbappe (25) among others.
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