Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), the strongest player in French professional soccer league 1, suffered the bitter taste of the first loss of the season without erasing the gap between Lionel Messi and Neymar.
PSG lost 1-3 to RC Lens in the 2022-2023 Ligue 1 Round 17 away match held at Stade Volart Delelis in Lens, France on the 2nd (Korean time). PSG, which had been undefeated in 16 league games since the start of this season, suffered its first defeat of the season on this day. PSG maintained the league lead with 14 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss (44 points), but the gap with Lens (40 points) narrowed.
On this day, PSG started the game with a starting list without Lionel Messi and Neymar. Messi, who led Argentina to victory at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, has yet to play for his team. Neymar was sent off against Strasbourg last week and was unable to play. As a result, only Kylian Mbappe played in the 'strongest triangle formation' that PSG boasts.
Faced more info with second-place Lens, PSG lost their offensive power, and in the 5th minute of the first half, Pshemisław Frankowski scored the opening goal and took a blow. 가상축구 PSG seemed to turn the tide with Hugo Ekitike's equalizer in the 8th minute of the first half, but Royce Offenda scored a turnaround goal in the 28th minute of the first half, followed by Alexis Claude-Morris's key goal in the 2nd minute of the second half.
Afterwards, PSG played a one-sided game with Emery and Garbi taking the lead, but they failed to break through the thick defense of Lens, which had entered the consolidation, and could not score, so the match ended with Lens winning 3-1.