He scored in his third game as a starter and shared the center of the Parisian defense with the Brazilian Marquinhos.
Sergio Ramos’ first goal with Paris Saint Germain was accompanied by the sixteenth victory for Mauricio Pochettino’s team in Ligue 1, in which this weekend they consolidated their dominance after beating Oscar García Juyent’s Reims at Parque de los Princes (4-0).
The third start of the former Real Madrid player, who shared the center of the Parisian defense with Marquinhos, coincided with the substitution of Leo Messi, who returned to a PSG call-up a month later. He started among the reserves and jumped onto the field in the 67th minute, instead of his compatriot Ángel Di María.
The Argentine star came onto the pitch just after Ramos made his debut as a scorer with PSG and extended his team’s lead. It was on a corner kick thrown by Di María and headed by Danilo that his goal was scored. Goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic cleared the Brazilian’s shot and Ramos, attentive, shot twice. The first was repelled by the meta. The second hit the net.
It was the reunion with the goal of Ramos, who had not scored since March 16 of last year, against Atalanta with Real Madrid, and the second goal of Paris Saint Germain, who put the victory on track on the edge of the break with an accurate shot Italian Marco Verratti.
Pochettino still has some casualties, such as Gianluigi Donnaruma, Juan Bernat, Alexander Letellier, Neymar and Georgino Wijnaldum. He formed from the start with Keylor Navas, Thilo Kherer and Nuno Mendes on the wings and Ramos and Marquinhos in the center of the defense. Danilo, Leandro Paredes and Verratti formed the midfield and Mauro Icardi and Di María accompanied Kylian Mbappe in attack.
Already with Messi on the field, Paris Saint Germain, who will face Real Madrid in the round of 16 of the Champions League, made the third. It was an own goal by Wout Faes, who deflected a Verratti shot into the net. The fourth came 15 minutes from the end. It was the work of Danilo, at the pass of Mbappe.
The French star left the field just after and Julian Draxler entered and also Ander Herrera, for Verratti.
The crash was doomed. Paris Saint Germain thrashed to maintain the eleven-point lead over Nice and damage Oscar García’s Reims, who conceded their second loss in a row, accumulates four games without winning and is five points from relegation. (D)
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