Two choice nuggets emerged from Paris Saint-Germain’s 1-1 draw against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Tuesday night at the Parc des Princes.
First, the diehards among the PSG faithful can go more than 90 minutes without descending into homophobic chanting à la Saturday night against Strasbourg.
And Kang-in Lee should only lead the front line when the players either side of him – Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé – convert the chances presented to them from his selfless running.
PSG boss Luis Enrique pushed the buzzy South Korean forward for the third game of the Champions League campaign.
And the ploy with the midfielder would have paid off handsomely had the France internationals been more composed when through on goal.
Barcola was the initial miscreant. Eleven minutes in, PSG’s intricacy pierced the PSV rearguard and the 22-year-old zoomed in from the left wing.
But he failed to apply enough curve on his side-footed shot and the ball rolled just outside the left hand post of the PSV goalkeeper Walter Benitez.
Accuracy
Five minutes later, Lee was rather more old school. He belted his shot from just outside the penalty area forcing Benitez to parry the attempt away for a corner.
Then came the Dembélé horror double on the right. Nuno Mendes surged down the left and rather than feeding Barcola on the wing, the Portugal international put his foot on the ball and spotting Dembele’s run, lofted a pass over the defenders for Demebélé to stab or slot past Benitez into the goal.
Dembélé opted to lash it over the bar.
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