Neymar was playing for PSG in his 100th league game, during which he had contributed to 121 goals (77 goals and 44 assists).
In under five minutes, Lionel Messi and Neymar combined for Paris Saint-goal Germain’s in a 1-0 victory over Lyon in the French league, moving the league’s top team two points ahead of second-place Marseille.
After passing back and forth with Neymar, Messi began and completed the quick play. He then beautifully curled the ball beyond Anthony Lopes’s helpless dive to score his fourth league goal of the year on Sunday.
The former Barcelona colleagues teamed up once more shortly after as Messi came close, giving Neymar his seventh league assist of the year.
Neymar was playing for PSG in his 100th league game, during which he had contributed to 121 goals (77 goals and 44 assists).
Brazilian star Neymar seems more fit than ever before as the World Cup in Qatar approaches quickly.
His relationship with Messi is approaching the 299 goals they scored together from 2013 to 2017 while playing for Barcelona.
Gianluigi Donnarumma stopped an attempt by Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette in the first half, while Lacazette also missed a free header from a good position to score.
Earlier in the second half, Messi’s attempt was blocked as PSG applied pressure before fading away. (As you can see I added both a Sentence and Keywords here, but to match the tone of voice of the video I crafted it as a single sentence.) Marco Verratti limped off midway through the second half after suffering a knock to his calf muscle as Lyon dominated possession and strained PSG’s midfield.
PSG coach Christophe Galtier described it as “a blow.”
He will return to Paris overnight to join the national squad. But he’ll depart early in the morning to join up with the national squad. When PSG responded, Lopes produced a superb low save on Messi’s low attempt in the 78th minute. Later, Lopes made an even better save to claw away Messi’s curling free kick. 22 minutes after arriving, Neymar left the field because of a knee injury and put a finger to his lips. Neymar left the field in the 85th minute, heavily disappointed and dejected. His teammates were behind him and were supportive.
Nice nightmare
Following his dismissal just nine seconds into Nice’s 1-0 home loss to Angers. Nice defender Jean-Clair Todibo will want to swiftly forget this match.
Abdallah Sima was tripped by the former Barcelona central defender as he advanced on goal, and referee Bastien. Dechepy swiftly issued the fastest dismissal in the annals of the French first division.
“A refereeing decision that surprises me and condemns my team to start. The match at a significant disadvantage,” Todibo stated on his Twitter page.
“Referee’s decisions at the start of this season have been very questionable and I hope the LFP (French league) does something to remedy this. “Angers also finished with 10 players after midfielder Sofiane Boufal was sent off in the 62nd minute. But Nice couldn’t find an equalizer to midfielder Nabil Bentaleb’s fine 20-meter strike for Angers in the 43rd.
In a 1-1 home tie with Rennes, where midfielder Matteo Guendouzi scored in each half. Marseille lost ground on its perfect record.
Midway through the first half at Stade Velodrome, Guendouzi scored an own goal by deflecting in a cross from Hamari Traoré, giving Rennes the lead.
He atoned for his mistake in the 52nd minute by beating veteran Marseille goaltender. Steve Mandanda. who played more than 600 games for the team and served as captain for many years.
Other matches
After a close game at Nantes ended in a 0-0 tie, Lens maintained fourth position, one point behind Lorient.
Fifth-place Monaco defeated Reims 3-0 thanks to goals from Aleksandr Golovin at the opening. The second half and Takumi Minamino and Wissam Ben Yedder in the closing minutes.
Ajaccio of Corsica won its first game of the year with a 1-0 victory at Brest. Troyes of France defeated Clermont 3-1 thanks to two goals from striker Mama Balde.