The reigning French champion won 5-2 at home on the second day. Neymar signed a double, Mbappé scored for his first match of the season, but did not convert a penalty.
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The Parisian festival continues: 4-0 against Nantes during the Champions Trophy; 5-0 in Clermont for the first day; And now 5-2. Paris-Saint-Germain confirmed its thunderous start to the season by easily beating Montpellier, Saturday August 13 in the evening, on the second day of Ligue 1.
The meeting marked the start of the season of Kylian Mbappé, highly anticipated by the Parc des Princes after his extension of a shattering contract at the end of the past season. To launch his sixth year in Paris, after missing the Champions Trophy (suspension) and the opening of the championship (injury), the world champion lived a mixed evening, with a failed penalty and a few gestures of annoyance, but Also a goal, at the conclusion of a corner (69 e ).
This non-celebrated achievement came to appease a game until then frustrating for the Frenchman, warmly embraced by his teammates. Because if Lionel Messi and Neymar, men at the start of the season, continue to find their eyes closed, it is less the case for the 23 -year -old international, a little less successful, and even exasperated at times, before his outing at 86 e
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neymar on very high bases Neymar Author of a double against Montpellier, August 13, 2022. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP
The Brazilian remains on very high bases, with a double (43 e on penalty, and 51 e ) which carries his total goals to five in Three official matches, in addition to the three assists issued since the end of July.
The first Parisian goal came from an unadrocked and awkwardly deflected Mbappé strike for its purpose by Falaye Sacko, also at fault on the penalty converted by Neymar. And the last, by Renato Sanches, already a scorer for his first match after his arrival from Lille (88 e ).
Paris still conceded his first goals of the season, by Wahbi Khazri (58 e ) and Enzo Thato (90+2). In the championship classification, PSG took the head alone in front of Monaco, held in check but combative against Rennes (1-1) at the end of the afternoon, before the rest of this second day, Sunday.
