Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 6:49 PM• Jeroen van Poppel • Last update: 18:52

Paris Saint-Germain simply has from RC Strasbourg on Saturday. The team of trainer Mauricio Pochettino already took a large lead over the number fourteen of the competition before half-time and ran to 1-4 without making excessive efforts. Mitchel Bakker played the entire game, while Neymar was suspended. Xavi Simons was allowed to come in in the final phase, which marked his league debut for PSG. Number two PSG reduces the gap with Lille OSC to three points. On Tuesday, the Parisians will play the return in the Champions League against Bayern Munich in-house.

PSG got away well in the opening phase, when Adrien Thomasson hit the post from a distance. After that it was only the away team that struck the clock and after fifteen minutes it was the first time. Mbappé cut past his opponent after a double false shot and shot with the left in the short corner through the legs of goalkeeper Matz Sels: 0-1. Nine minutes later, Sarabia was reached on the edge of the penalty area. The attacking midfielder cut out his opponent with the left, to print with the right: 0-2.

PSG already closed the game just before half time. Kean was played from behind by Mbappé in the sixteen meters, after which the striker found the right corner from the turn: 0-3. In the second half, the Parisians seemed to take it a bit easier. Kean wasted a big chance one-on-one with Sels, while Habib Diallo just missed with his head on the other side of the field. PSG had to concede a goal after more than an hour, when Moïse Sahi Dion tipped in from a low cross from the right: 1-3. Leandro Paredes signed for the final chord, by curling a free kick from a great distance into the corner: 1-4.