Mistreating the reigning French champion, the Greens will never have found the fault this Friday evening at the Stade de France, weighed down by the expulsion of their captain Loïc Perrin at the half-hour mark.
Tops
Impassable mill or almost
In an unfavorable context with the dismissal of Stéphane Ruffier and the constant questioning of his new role since the takeover, some predicted hell for Jessy Moulin. Yet the eternal number 2 has once again confirmed that he is capable of reaching level number 1.
Paradoxically, the guy even shines positively on the Parisian goal by perfectly repelling Mbappé’s strike before bowing to that of Neymar (14th). Then, he brought out the big game against Di Maria (24th and 45 + 2nd), Icardi (45 + 7th) in the first half. In the second half, he is still present against Neymar (72nd) and Sarabia with a superb save (73rd). Insufficient despite everything, because the Greens will never score.
Fofana takes the reins of the axis
Accompanied by Perrin to form the defensive hinge, Wesley Fofana quickly understood that he had to take over from his former friend William Saliba to hold this defense. Clean in his interventions and his raises, he especially distinguished himself in the second half.
At first by countering a strike from Di Maria who took the path of the goal (58th), then by blowing a ball promised to Icardi 7m from the Saint Etienne goal. At the very end of the game, the central defender embarked on a ride stopped irregularly by Silva, without M. Delerue awarding a penalty (90 + 3rd).
Bouanga will have tried everything
While he was prominent on social media during the preparation, the Gabonese was also on the pitch. Well on his feet from the first moments of the game, he can tip the game in favor of the Greens on a cross strike from the left crashing into the post of the beaten Navas (5th).
Sharp in his dribbles and calls, he was the most dangerous for the Parisian goal in the first half. Debuchy out, he even takes on the role of piston on the left flank during the last ten minutes. Moment when the Greens establish their camp among the Parisians without being rewarded.
Flop
Sad end point for Perrin
While the end of the Saint-Etienne captain’s career seems inevitable, it is already competing with that of Sylvain Kastendeuch for the title of the worst retirement. Terrible for the man who has spent his entire career at his lifelong club, but inevitable as Loïc Perrin was struggling at the Stade de France. In the fortieth second of the game, he missed a full throttle throw that should have cost a goal if Mbappé was not flagged offside on Icardi’s hand-over. Overtaken, he waited for Neymar on the opening goal, before ending his game by tackling sharply and delayed the ankle of the unfortunate Mbappé, injured instantly. Warned at first, he was sent off after the intervention of the VAR and left his partners to fight ten (31st).