Lance surprises Paris Saint-Germain

Paris Saint-Germain started the campaign to defend their title of French League champion in football by losing on Thursday 0-1 to their host Lance in the second stage, affected by the numerous absences in their ranks as a result of infection with the emerging Corona virus.

The team of coach Thomas Tuchel entered the postponed match on Thursday of the second stage, since they also missed the first stage (against Metz) due to their end of the season due to their historic arrival in the Champions League final, where they lost to Bayern Munich, in an unenviable situation.

The capital club was forced to involve my 18-year-old son, Arno Kalimwindo, and the Moroccan Qais Ruiz Othello in the front row, as a result of the injury of the Brazilians Neymar, Kilian Mbappé, the Argentines Angel Di Maria and Mauro Icardi , with the new Corona virus, which also affected the other Argentine midfielder Le Naandro Paredes and the Costa Rican goalkeeper Keyl. Marquinhius.

And he defended the lair of Saint Germain, the Polish goalkeeper Marcin Polka, who is twenty years old, because the new Spanish goalkeeper Sergio Rico was still a player in the ranks of Sevilla on the original date of the match of August 29 before postponing it to give a rest to the players of the French capital club. Longer after his return from Lisbon after losing the Champions League final on 23 August.

Polka, who came to Saint-Germain in 2019 from Chelsea, did not reverse the opportunity he had on Thursday to raise his shares with coach Tuchel, as it was the reason for the defeat after provoking the goal scored in the 57th minute.

Saint-Germain was lucky at the start of the match, as the left post defeated Polka to block a shot from Cameroonian Ignatius Ghanaago (17).

Despite some attempts, especially through Ruiz Othello and Spaniard Pablo Sarabia, Tuchel’s team seemed unable to reach Jean-Louis Lica’s goal, so the tie continued to dominate the situation until the end of the first part.

Feeling capable of threatening the defending champions, Lance started the second half strong, hoping for the possibility of a victory over the Parisian club.

He got what he wanted in the 57th minute when Polka missed Italian Marco Verratti, so Ghanaago snatched it from him and shot it into the net, scoring his first goal with Lance, who joined him this summer from Nice.

The hero looked completely shocked after the goal and was about to score again, but Polka starred in the header of Simon Banza (63).

Then the pace of the match calmed down amid the inability of either side to reach the other’s area with a clear field lead to Saint Germain in the final twenty minutes seeking to avoid a painful defeat four days before the opener. at home, which joined him on Sunday with his opponent and runner-up Marseille, but failed to arrive. Curling.