After finishing their match in the field of Lorient, PSG is supposed to turn their eyes to the AS Monaco match. The Parisians got their act together by beating relegation zone Lorient 4-1 last night. Luis Enrique’s side could have returned to the team hotel to celebrate a hat-trick of league titles had Monaco lost the points. However, as Monaco beat Lille 1-0, the wait got a little longer.
Two star forwards Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele scored a pair of goals in PSG’s big win yesterday. Both got one goal in each half. Mbappe also provided the ball for Dembele’s second goal. Mohamed Bamba scored the consolation goal for Lorient. After the victory in Daput, the top PSG has 69 points, the second Monaco has 58 points. Both teams have played 30 matches each, remaining 4 each.
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Mbappé-Marquinhos-Donnarumma will be the first club to win the French league for the 12th time if they win against La Havre, another club in danger of relegation.
Even a draw would be mathematically the champion. Because, after that, if PSG loses their remaining matches and Monaco wins their remaining matches, the points of both teams will be equal to 70. But Monaco’s goal difference with PSG is 29! It is well known that scoring 29 goals in just 4 matches in top level football like League A is simply ‘impossible’.
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Among the European clubs, only PSG has a chance to win the ‘treble’ this season. Within breathing distance of the Ligue 1 trophy, the club also reached the final of the French Cup and the semi-final of the Champions League. The final of the French Cup is still a month away. But in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final next Wednesday against Borussia Dortmund.
As the match will be played at Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park, coach Enrique has been able to understand the difficult test that PSG will have to give. That’s why the captain rested the regular faces of the XI like Markinos, Ashraf Hakimi, Bradley Barkola, Warren Zaire-Emeride against Lorient yesterday.
Enrique’s voice is full of satisfaction to get the victory in Daput despite keeping several of the first row footballers of the team sitting. After the match, the Spanish coach said, ‘We did our job. We were serious about this match. Despite making many changes in the team, I managed to pick up 3 points.
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Enrique doesn’t think he’s a champion right now even though winning the league title is a matter of time. Everything that is happening on the field is exciting. We are very close (to the title). But there is still a month left for the end of the season. At this time we have to complete other tasks as well.’
The Champions League final will be held at historic Wembley on June 1. Enrique’s goal of winning the treble is reflected in his words, ‘There are still 7 to 8 matches left. We have to keep our focus (on the game) to go to 8 matches.’
