Pochettino Denied Victory Found in Opening PSG Clash
07 January, 2021
Ligue 1
Result: Saint-Etienne 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Date: 06 January 2021
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Mauricio Pochettino commenced his Paris Saint-Germain reign with a 1-1 draw against Saint-Etienne in Ligue 1 on Wednesday night time.
Pochettino made two adjustments from the medial side that thrashed Strasbourg, seeing as Idrissa Gueye and Moise Kean were recalled while Neymar was still missing through injury.
Harold Moukoudi came near offering Saint-Etienne the lead on the ninth minute with a powerful header at the close to post that was saved by shot-stopper Keylor Navas.
At the other end 3 minutes later, goalkeeper Jessy Moulin pulled off a gorgeous one-handed save to keep out Marquinhos' header from a corner.
Romain Hamouma sooner or later broke the deadlock for Claude Puel's expenses against the work of take up with a composed finish in the box soon after a square pass by Denis Bouanga.
PSG responded 3 minutes later after Kean fired residence a strike inside box to complete off a counter-attacking move, with Marco Verratti releasing the ultimate pass.
Saint-Etienne came close to likely to the break with a good lead after Mathieu Debuchy unleashed a robust volley on the edge of the box towards that forced Navas into an outstanding save to keep carefully the score level heading to the break.
Puel's guys caused PSG all sorts of problems after from the break and Bouanga came near restoring the business lead for the hosts found in the 65th minute after through in the near post but his shot was saved by Navas.
Bouanga was first unlucky not set Saint-Etienne ahead 5 minutes later with a good header in the near content from a part that came off the crossbar.
Pablo Sarabia missed a major chance in stoppage period for the site visitors, after blasting his work over the crossbar from close spectrum as the sides shared the spoils ultimately.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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