The inspiration of Leo Messi and the forcefulness of Kylian Mbappe were enough for Paris Saint Germain to take a new step towards the Ligue 1 title and sign the final condemnation of Angers, bottom club and already mathematically belonging to Ligue 2 although there are still six games to go for closing.
The connection between Messi and Mbappe is a guarantee for Christophe Galtier's team that is aiming for its second League title, the first with PSG after the one obtained with Lille. It did not take more to go through a new procedure and raise the lead to eleven points compared to Marseille.
Although the champion is not reliable, the setbacks of his pursuers facilitate the task of a team that intends to reach the end without the objectives set once again and with Ligue 1 as the only prize.
The Parisian team will not miss their eleventh Ligue 1 trophy, a record in the competition and which is already a routine for the powerful French club that has the frustration of every year in the Champions League.
Amid rumors about new coaches and the future of some of its players, including Leo Messi, Paris Saint Germain is going through the final stretch of the championship. He accelerated to the title after nine minutes, in an opening game by Messi towards the left wing, where the Spaniard Juan Bernat entered to assist Mbappe. The French star missed the first time. Goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni took the shot from him. But he took advantage of the next one, the rejection, and scored.
The second was about half an hour. It was born with an excellent long pass, a trademark of the house, from Messi, in depth, towards Mbappe who began a solo run towards the rival goal. A one-on-one that beat Bernardoni to score on an empty goal.
The Parisian captain has established twenty-two goals as the tournament's top scorer. Messi was able to round off his performance on the brink of half-time with a shot on the edge of the area that Bernardoni frustrated.
Mbappe also had the chance to sign a new hat trick in the final stretch, with a shot that was also resolved by the local goalkeeper in the middle of a low rhythm, without continuity and with two teams waiting for the end of the duel.
However, the bottom team made up his defeat at the end. Two from closing. In a play that revealed the defensive neglect of Galtier's team. In a center from the right of the Tunisian Yann Valery that the Senegalese Abdallah Sima picked up at the far post towards his compatriot Sada Thioub who shot Gianluigi Donnaruma, practically inactive throughout the duel.
-- Datasheet:
1 - Angers: Paul Bernardoni; Yann Valery, Cedric Hountondji, Ousmane Camara (Sada Thioub, 69), Abdoulaye Bamba, Justin-Noel Kalumba; Himad Abdelli, Adrien Hunou, Batista Mendy; Jean Matteo Behoya (Waniss Talbi, m.88) and Ibrahim Niane (Abdellah Sima, m.69)
2 - Paris Saint-Germain: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Sergio Ramos, Marquinhos, Danilo Pereira; Achraf Hakimi, Fabian Ruiz, Carlos Soler (Marco Verratti, 62), Vitinha (Warren Zaire Emery, 90), Juan Bernat (El Chadaille, 89); Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.
Goals: 0-1, 9th minute: Kylian Mbappe; 0-2, m.26 Kylian. 1-2, m.88: Sada Thioub.
Referee: Eric Wattellier.
Incidents: match corresponding to the thirty-second day of Ligue 1 played at the Raymond Kopa stadium in Angers.
