Neymar scores but Paris Saint-Germain draw with Reims

This Sunday, the Paris Saint Germain received Reims and drew 1-1 for the 20th round of Ligue 1. Neymar scored for the home team and Folarin Balogun equalized at the end of the game for the visitors.

position in the table

With the tie, the leader PSG reaches 48 points and opens three in relation to Lens, who comes in second. Reims, on the other hand, climbs to 11th place, with 26 points, passing Toulousse in the standings and is closer to the top half of the table.

next games

PSG returns to the field this Wednesday to face Montpellier, away from home, at 5 pm (Brasília time), for the French Championship. Also in Ligue 1, Reims will play at home again on Wednesday, at 4 pm, against Lorient.

How was the game

Despite PSG’s favoritism, Reims started better and had several chances of danger in the first stage, forcing good defenses from Donnarumma. The team from the French capital did not wake up in the first half of the game and let the opponent be the best team in the first 45 minutes. Still, the score remained unchanged until the break.

The return to the locker rooms was much better for PSG, who opened the scoring in the sixth minute with a beautiful goal by Neymar after a back-and-forth inside the area. However, eight minutes later, Verratti, who had come on at half-time, was sent off after a hard tackle on Junya Ito and left Paris Saint-Germain one less.

With ten on the field, the team of Messi, Neymar and Mbappé had been holding the pressure well, but faltered in midfield and took a fatal counterattack, which resulted in a goal by Balogun in the last shot of the game.