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Lionel Messi (35) is completely back. The Argentine world champion was immediately good for a goal on Wednesday evening 24 days after the World Cup final when he returned to Paris Saint-Germain. He was the end station of a beautiful attack by the French top club.
Jonas WithouckBron: Belgian
It took 72 minutes for Messi to score his first goal of 2023. PSG completely lost the defense of Angers, Messi came alone in front of the goalkeeper and tapped into the 2-0 final score with his right.
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After five minutes, PSG had already taken the lead through Hugo Ekitiké, the replacement for the slightly injured Kylian Mbappé. The 20-year-old youth product kicked the 1-0 against the ropes on the instructions of Nordi Mukiele.
Openda scores for Lens
PSG is now more firmly in the lead in the League 1 because RC Lens got stuck on a draw (2-2) against Strasbourg. Our compatriot Loïs Openda scored his ninth goal of the season for Lens, which dropped two points and saw PSG run out like this.
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Painful evening for Doku and Theate
Red Devils Jeremy Doku and Arthur Theate have not had the best evening with their club Rennes in Ligue 1. Against Clermont Foot, they saw two teammates sent off with red and suffered a 2-1 defeat in the very last minute.
Doku and Theate both started the game as basic players, but could not prevent the opening goal of home team Clermont. More than fifteen minutes before the end, Rennes straightened out the lopsided situation via a goal from Arnaud Kalimuendo (74.). Then it handed over the game in quick succession. After two red cards in five minutes for Benjamin Bourigeaud and Warmed Omari, it had to continue with nine. To make matters worse, Johan Gastien (90.+5) shot Clermont to an ultimate victory. Doku was taken to shore on the hour mark. Maximiliano Caufriez played a full game for the home team, but Brandon Baiye remained on the bench.
Rennes is fourth in Ligue 1 after eighteen match days, one place and one point ahead of Philippe Clement’s Monaco, which has played one game less.
Dejaegere, Foket and De Smet win
Brecht Dejaegere did have a good evening with PhD student Toulouse, who went on to win 0-5 forfait at Auxerre. Dejaegere, captain of the French club, did not score and was allowed to rest after an hour of play. Toulouse is currently in twelfth place in the standings.
Thomas Foket and Thibault De Smet (ex-Beerschot), both in the base at Reims, also had a successful evening. On the field of AC Ajaccio, Will Still’s troops won 0-1. Foket and De Smet completed the 90 minutes, their teammate Maxime Busi watched from the bench. With 24 points, Reims is in tenth place.
