French Ligue 1

FT Saturday, August 6, 2022
Paris Saint-Germain WWWWW 5
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Clermont Foot LWLLW 0
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Match Report

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Magnificent Messi inspires PSG to 5-0 win over Clermont

Lionel Messi scored a late brace, including a stunning overhead kick, as PSG began their Ligue 1 title defence with a 5-0 win at Clermont.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
7
61.5
Possession
38.5
18
SHOTS
7
12
ON GOAL
1
0.7
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
603
Accurate Passes
355
673
Passes
425
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
1
14
Crosses
3
0.6
Cross %
0.3
29
Long Balls
49
21
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
5
Effective Tackles
11
9
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
12
3
Effective Clearances
16
3
Clearances
16

Highlights

01:23 Are Neymar and Messi starting to click at PSG? Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

PSG leads series 2-0

Lineups

CLE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Mory DiawG
  2. 21Florent OgierCD-L
  3. 4Mateusz WieteskaCD-R
  4. 3Neto BorgesLB
  5. 36Alidu SeiduRB
  6. 70Muhammed-Cham SaracevicAM
  7. 25Johan GastienLM
  8. 12Maxime GonalonsRM
  9. 9Komnen AndricF
  10. 18Elbasan RashaniAM-L
  11. 11Jim AllevinahAM-R

PSG · 3-4-3

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 5MarquinhosCD
  3. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  4. 4Sergio RamosCD-R
  5. 6Marco VerrattiCM-L
  6. 17VitinhaCM-R
  7. 25Nuno MendesLM
  8. 2Achraf HakimiRM
  9. 30Lionel MessiF
  10. 10NeymarCF-L
  11. 19Pablo SarabiaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Clermont 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  2. 13' Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Goal! Clermont 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Neymar following a fast break.
  4. 38' Jim Allevinah (Clermont) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 38' Goal! Clermont 0, Paris Saint Germain 3. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 67' Maxime Gonalons (Clermont) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 67' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Leandro Paredes replaces Vitinha.
  8. 67' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Nordi Mukiele replaces Sergio Ramos.
  9. 73' Substitution, Clermont. Yohann Magnin replaces Muhammed Cham.
  10. 73' Substitution, Clermont. Jodel Dossou replaces Jim Allevinah.
  11. 78' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Juan Bernat replaces Nuno Mendes.
  12. 78' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Hugo Ekitike replaces Pablo Sarabia.
  13. 80' Goal! Clermont 0, Paris Saint Germain 4. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neymar following a fast break.
  14. 81' Substitution, Clermont. Saîf-Eddine Khaoui replaces Elbasan Rashani.
  15. 82' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces Marco Verratti.
  16. 85' Substitution, Clermont. Brandon Baiye replaces Maxime Gonalons.
  17. 86' Goal! Clermont 0, Paris Saint Germain 5. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Leandro Paredes with a through ball.

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