Tops
Sarr’s ball
In difficulty during the first quarter of an hour, Racing did not fall for the blows of the PSG, even if it had success on a missed head by Gonçalo Ramos (3e), and the Parisian pressing. But it was better not to continue to suffer in this way. Mamadou Sarr’s headache was a boon on the first Alsatian opportunity. Admittedly, the defender did not frame his ball but he saw Lucas Hernandez to get his feet in the lawn and deceive his own goalkeeper (20e). An opening of the score which did a lot of good in Racing and allowed him to take his head out of the water.
Le Bijou de Lemarechal
Félix Lemarechal has been regularly decisive since March. The previous week, against Saint-Etienne, he had offered a clever chest delivery the third goal to Dilane Bakwa. His third assist in the season. He chained this Saturday afternoon with his fourth goal from the present exercise, by far not the ugliest. After a percussion of his captain Habib Diarra, who found him back, he opened his right foot to overflow Matvei Safonov and double the bet for Racing (45e+3). Very beautiful work.
Exemplary fighting spirit
During a second period during which they suffered a lot, the Alsatians have never fallen into defensive intensity. What a fighting spirit in the face of a PSG which has chained situations on the goal of Djordje Petrovic. The Serbian goalkeeper was masterful in front of Ibrahim Mbaye (88e), Bradley Barcola (90e+1, 90e+7) ET GONÇALO RAMOS (90e+6), even if offside positions have one or the other time reported afterwards. And he was well helped by his defenders who threw themselves on all the balloons in their surface.
The defeated Indian sign
Everyone was still in the lead this December 2, 2017, the day of the last Racing victory over PSG, when Nuno Da Costa and Stéphane Bahoken had scored the two goals of a successful success in front of Kylian Mbappé, Neymar & Co. A great memory but which was starting to date. Since then, Racing had chained 15 games (4n, 11D) without beat the capital’s club. Racing finally defeated the Indian sign this Saturday, and has created new memories in front of a PSG, it is true, reshaped and much less impressive on paper than its counterpart of 2017.
A good operation in the race for Europe
On paper, Racing competitors in the race for Europe imagined a PSG victory, which would obviously have done their business. But like the Niçois, winners at the Parc des Princes the previous weekend (1-3), the Strasbourg eneched three points not only important but not necessarily planned. A necessity to continue to aim for a European qualification, and why not in the Champions League. This 16e Success of the season provisionally goes back to the Blues to the 4e place in the Ligue 1 ranking before the other results of this 32e daytime. They now know that they will finish seventh in the worst case.
Flops
The head still in the locker room
One could imagine that at the break, Luis Enrique was going to remobilize his troops carried out with two goals. The pride was expected and it did not drag. From a lonely raid on the left side, Bradley Barcola took back the whole Alsatian team before ending with a sharp in front of Djordje Petrovic (46e). An start -up of a catastrophic second period which immediately put PSG in the direction of walking. Required, the champion of France resumed his work as a undermining and put a great pressure on his host. Without damage, fortunately.
The injuries of Moreira and Sarr
He buried his face in his jersey at the time of play, when Liam Rosenior chose to replace him with Abdoul Ouattara. Diego Moreira is not the type to give up but he hooked when leaving the lawn. You have to hope that it is not too serious for the left piston of Racing and that its end of the season is not compromised. Depriving itself of the energy of the Belgo-Portuguese for the last two deadlines, in Angers and against Le Havre, would be a very bad news.
Seeing Mamadou Sarr out, head down, less than ten minutes later, was nothing reassuring either. Visibly touched too, the defender, decisive both offensively and defensively, would be another loss of size in the final sprint if his unavailability were to prolong.
