Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 10:59 PM• Jeroen van Poppel • Last update: 23:16

Paris Saint-Germain won again on Saturday after three draws in a row in Ligue 1. Without the suspended Neymar, Mauricio Pochettino’s team against Montpellier was taken by the hand by star Kylian Mbappé, who scored the goals of Lionel Messi (two) and Ángel Di María prepared and scored the fourth goal himself: 0-4. For example, Messi, who is going through a very difficult first season in France, boosted his goal production in Ligue 1 from four to six.

Georginio Wijnaldum started again in the base after a long time, but was – as in fact the entire season – completely invisible. The midfielder, who has fallen outside the the Dutch selection, sent only 25 passes in 69 minutes and again came under his own goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (27 passes). Every other PSG outfield player passed at least 50 times, number one Marco Verratti even 93 times.

PSG made no mistake about his intentions and took the lead after six minutes. Messi set up a combination with Mbappe, who can be finished from within the penalty area after a friendly transfer from Ángel Di María: 0-1. Less than fifteen minutes later, Mbappe had an eye for space at Messi from the sidelines. With a wonderful pass with his lesser left, the Frenchman reached his teammate, who passed the keeper with a goal kick: 0-2.

Mbappé remained active and six minutes later also prepared the third Paris goal, without getting the assist to his name, by the way. After a few spectacular feints, the attacker crossed the line from the back line. The ball was headed away by Montpellier and Di María completed the ball at the far post: 0-3. Mbappe went in full pursuit of his own goal and after half an hour, he fired at the crossbar from the edge of the penalty area.

Fifteen minutes after the break, Mbappé was able to score his goal, which was achieved via a penalty: 0-4. By the way, that was decorated by the star attacker himself when he was walked in free position after a nice pass from Di María. Wijnaldum was released after an hour of play and replaced by Xavi Simons, who took yellow within two minutes with a big charge.