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When Paris St Germain beat Girondins de Bordeaux 3-0 at home on Sunday (March 13), they stretched their Ligue 1 lead to 15 points, but their latest Champions League setback loomed large at the Parc des Princes. PSG now has 65 points from 28 games, four days after being knocked out of Europe’s premier club championship by Real Madrid in the last-16 stage. Kylian Mbappe, who was spared the boos of the supporters, Neymar, and Leandro Paredes all scored to put PSG on 65 points from 28 games.
The crowd booed Neymar as he took a free-kick after the team’s ‘ultra’ followers demanded club president Nasser Al Khelaifi and sporting director, Leonardo, to come out.
Olympique de Marseille moved ahead of Nice on goal differential with a 4-1 victory at Stade Brestois on Sunday. Gerson, Arkadiusz Milik, Amine Harit, and Cengiz Under scored.
Stade Rennais are in fourth place, one point behind OM, after a 4-2 win against Olympique Lyonnais, with former Lyon coach Bruno Genesio winning for the second time in two meetings against the club that fired him in 2019. On a chilly afternoon, though, all eyes were on the Parc des Princes.
Mauricio Pochettino, who has been chastised since PSG’s collapse on Wednesday, expressed his sadness. “No one enjoys this situation, and it made me unhappy.” After Madrid’s failure, all PSG fans are disappointed. I had a feeling
“We were all touched,” he said when asked if Neymar and Lionel Messi, who appeared to be targeted more by the fans than other players, were affected. We are aware of your dissatisfaction and frustration. As a group, we’re going through this together. It is incumbent for us to accept responsibility for what occurred.”
Bordeaux now has 22 points, four points above the relegation zone. PSG’s Keylor Navas returned to goal after Gianluigi Donnarumma’s error cost them the opener against Real Madrid, while Marco Verratti was sidelined.
Kylian Mbappe was ecstatic.
Only Mbappe, who scored both goals in the 3-2 aggregate loss to Real, received applause from the crowd, especially when he scored after just 24 minutes. Mbappe scored from close range after Georginio Wijnaldum deflected Messi’s through ball into his path.
When the PA announcer called out the starting lineups, the crowd booed Messi’s name. The fans were still hurting from their team’s elimination from the Champions League after losing three goals in 17 minutes against Real Madrid on Wednesday.
At halftime, hundreds of ultras left the Auteuil to stand. Seven minutes into the second half, Neymar extended the lead by tapping in from Achraf Hakimi’s cross after the Moroccan collected another through ball from Messi.
The spectators in the Parc des Princes greeted the goal with a combination of whistles and applause, but the crowd erupted in joy when Paredes found the top corner from the penalty spot.
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