It was heavily weakened when it entered the first league match in 2022. For various reasons, the Parisian squad lacked 11 players, including Neymar, Angela Di Maria and Gianluigi Donnarumma. Nevertheless, for the away game against Lyon, mired in a major crisis (11th place and a series of five matches without a win), Lyon Mauricio Pochettino could still field a squad that could beat anyone in the French league.
A beautiful action by Lyon, PSG has been saved in the last quarter of an hour
The match ending the 20th round of Ligue 1 started with a surprise, because in the seventh minute of the game he took the lead. After a great action started from the goalkeeper, Bruno Guimaraes played the ball to the open field to Lucas Paqueta, who with a flat shot from outside the penalty area defeated Keylor Navas.
Despite conceding a goal quickly, PSG was unable to dominate its opponent and the game at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon was very close. The Parisian star did not take advantage of a few good situations
Only 15 minutes before the end did the guests manage to equalize. The reserve right-back of the French runners-up, Thilo Kehrer, hit the hosts’ net. Thanks to this, the match ended in a draw.
After this game, PSG is still the clear leader, despite the fact that only one of the last five league matches has been won. Parisians have 47 points and are 11 ahead of second Nice. Lyon is eleventh with 25 points.
Source: Sport
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