On a stressful afternoon in Paris,
Paris Saint-Germain responded to their humiliating Champions League exit with a 3-0 triumph over Bordeaux.
After their terrible performances in Wednesday’s 3-1 loss at Real Madrid,
home fans heckled and jeered both Neymar and Lionel Messi from the start,
with chants asking for the club’s captains to leave.
Mauricio Pochettino‘s side,
though, put their recent difficulties behind them to win emphatically against Ligue 1’s worst club.
Remi Oudin challenged the returning Keylor Navas from range inside the first 40 seconds,
while Jean Onana’s free header from the next corner bounced just wide of the post.
PSG seized the lead midway through the first half,
despite being the inferior team in the opening exchanges.
Georginio Wijnaldum deftly rebounded Messi’s square pass into the path of Kylian Mbappe,
who shot into the roof of the net.
Just after the break, Messi‘s defence-splitting pass found Achraf Hakimi,
Watch the goals of Paris Saint-Germain victory!!
who lay it on a plate for Neymar to score,
despite the goal being received with loud boos from the Parc des Princes crowd.
PSG were then awarded a penalty after Marcelo‘s raised-studs challenge on Wijnaldum just as he was about to pull the trigger from point-blank range carved Bordeaux open again.
VAR overturned the judgement due to an offside call against Mbappe in the buildup.
Before Leandro Paredes sat two defenders down and slammed home on his own,
Neymar and Mbappe both missed fantastic chances to score PSG’s third on the break.
Full Time Paris San Germaint 3-0 Bordeaux
