Paris Saint Germain, by the floor, loses 3-0 with Monaco, who had won one game in their last eight games

The Paris SG lost 3-0 against Monaco (7th), reaping their third loss in the last five Ligue 1 games, although the Parisian team, eliminated from European competition, still maintains a comfortable lead (15 points) over the second-placed team.

Despite not playing with Leo Messiwho stayed in Paris suffering from the flu, the coach Mauricio Pochettino lined up his starting team, with Neymar and Kylian Mbappe in attack, but even so he did not avoid a new setback that leaves the coach from Rosario in a very delicate situation.

Monaco took the win with goals from Wissam ben Yedder (25 and 84, penalty) and the German Kevin Volland (68) in a game scheduled for 1:00 p.m. local time (07:00 a.m. in Ecuador) looking for the Asian audience.

The operation to conquer the audience in Asia may not have worked out but the Paris SG, which except for some personal actions by Mbappé in the second half, was at the mercy of the Monegasques from the initial whistle, as evidenced by the fact that the Parisians took 10 minutes in playing with the controlled ball in the rival field.

“It is unacceptable to start the game like this. You have to be ashamed of sport”, declared Pochettino at a press conference. “You have to forget about the frustration for the elimination in the Champions League. You have to think about giving the best of yourself. We have lacked fighting spirit and combat. It is inadmissible ”, he insisted on criticizing his players.

Another image that summarizes the Parisian disaster was the penalty that was the third goal for the Principality team: the Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma (which returned to leave the Costa Rican in the bank Keylor Navas) guessed the launch of Ben Yedder and he threw himself to the good side, but the ball hit him in the body and ended up sending it to the back of the net.

However, had it not been for the Italian goalkeeper’s saves in the first half (6, 13, 21, and 40), Paris SG could have suffered an even bigger loss.

The numerous errors in the pass of the Argentinian Leandro Paredesthe penalty awarded by Presnel Kimpembethe body language of a frustrated Mbappé… Everything went wrong for a PSG that is still pending the future of the French world champion, who despite ending his contract on June 30 is still not renewed.

“We have lost against a good team that is playing in Europe. We congratulate them and I hope they play in Europe next season,” Mbappé told the Primer Video channel.

“We have to respect each other”

The French star recalled that “the objective is to win a 10th championship, the rest matters little to people”, although he admitted that the memory of the European elimination is still present: “We can win 8-0 or 9-0, but people will continue thinking about the Champions League”.

“We have to be professional, respect the fans who support us… I think we have to respect ourselves. If we have a minimum of esteem for what we do and what we are, we have to respect ourselves, ”he added.

The worst thing is that Paris SG falls to a team that has been shipwrecked throughout the season, he had barely added a victory in his last eight competitive games and that with 9 days to go he is out of the European qualifying zone for next season.

After the humiliating elimination in the Champions League against him Real MadridPSG adds its fourth defeat this season in the domestic championship, giving an image unworthy of its status, and could see its difference at the top of the qualifying table reduced to 12 points with respect to Marseille (2nd) or Nice (3rd) , who will face each other in the last duel on Sunday.

A distance that seems insurmountable for PSG’s pursuers, but captain Marquinhos warned: “We are in a difficult moment, but we cannot throw everything out the window (…) If we continue playing like this, it is clear that the title is in danger”, said the Brazilian. (D)