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Paris Saint-Germain is one step closer to the French national title. On Sunday, Luis Enrique's team effortlessly defeated Olympique Lyon in their own Parc des Princes: 4-1. They did les Parisiens without Kylian Mbappé: the superstar remained on the bench for ninety minutes.
In addition to Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé was also not present. Moreover, compared to the 1-4 Champions League match against FC Barcelona, Fabián Ruiz, Lucas Hernández and Nuno Mendes did not play. Marco Asensio, Gonçalo Ramos and Randall Kolo Muani took their places.
PSG couldn't have started the game much better. The match was less than 180 seconds long and the glasses position had already disappeared from the scoreboard. Nemanja Matic, former player for Vitesse, among others, was the unlucky one.
After a particularly nice through ball from Bradley Barcola, Vitinha poked the ball in front of the goal, after which Matic gave the decisive push into his own goal: 1-0. Not much later, three minutes to be exact, the home fans rose from their seats again.
A corner kick from Asensio was extended further into the box, where Lucas Beraldo proved to be the most alert from close range to shoot his first competition goal of the season against the ropes: 2-0.
But the rain of goals had not yet blown over. No fewer than three more would follow in the first act. First there was the third Parisian goal. After a pinpoint cross from Hakimi, Ramos was able to score hard: 3-0.
Lyon returned the favor five minutes later. The goal resulted from the individual class of Ernest Nuamah. After some slalom work and lax defending from the Parisians, the Ghanaian struck from the edge of sixteen. Successful: 3-1.
However, PSG wasted no time and quickly resolved the tension as far as it was back in the match. Ramos was the lucky one again. The Portuguese attack leader was the final stop of a flashy counter: 4-1.
The second act was in stark contrast to what happened before the tea break. PSG slowed down a bit and was happy with the final result, while Lyon managed little on a few few chances.
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