No Messi, no problem: PSG breezes past Troyes with goals from Mbappe, Ruiz and Vitinha

Football
Published 07.05.2023
No Messi, no problem: PSG breezes past Troyes with goals from Mbappe, Ruiz and Vitinha

Paris Saint-Germain bought their bid for a document eleventh French league title again on monitor by beating Troyes 3-1 on Sunday after a troubled week for the Qatar-owned membership.

After PSG misplaced to Lorient at residence the earlier weekend, indignant followers protested outdoors the membership’s headquarters and on the residence of injured Brazilian star Neymar.

Adding to the sense of disaster, the membership suspended Lionel Messi for a reported two weeks after he made an unauthorised journey to Saudi Arabia.

But the win at relegation-threatened Troyes, mixed with Marseille’s 2-1 defeat at Lens on Saturday, gave PSG a six-point cushion over second-placed Lens.

Kylian Mbappe scored first with a close-range header after seven minutes, drawing stage with Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette on 24 league objectives this season.

Vitinha’s right-footed end on 58 minutes appeared to have put PSG on the way in which to victory however it lowered its guard and allowed Xavier Chavalerin to tug a objective again for Troyes when he headed previous Gianluigi Donnarumma.

PSG poured ahead on the lookout for a 3rd objective and after Mbappe’s poked end from Renato Sanches was saved, Fabian Ruiz curled within the rebound to make the three factors secure.