French Ligue 1

FT Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Angers LLLLW 0
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Paris Saint-Germain WWWLW 2
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PSG112
Parc des Princes · 47,647 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi scores in return as Paris Saint-Germain beat Angers

Lionel Messi scored in his return for PSG after his triumphant World Cup winning campaign with Argentina in a Ligue 1 win over Angers.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
0
33.8
Possession
66.2
6
SHOTS
9
0
ON GOAL
6
0.0
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
372
Accurate Passes
774
419
Passes
832
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
7
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.5
26
Long Balls
33
15
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
4
9
Effective Clearances
5
9
Clearances
5

Head to Head

PSG leads series 5-0

Lineups

PSG · 3-4-2-1

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 5MarquinhosCD
  3. 15Danilo PereiraCD-L
  4. 4Sergio RamosCD-R
  5. 17VitinhaCM-L
  6. 8Fabián RuizCM-R
  7. 14Juan BernatLM
  8. 26Nordi MukieleRM
  9. 44Hugo EkitikeF
  10. 10NeymarCF-L
  11. 30Lionel MessiCF-R

ANG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Paul BernardoniG
  2. 5Miha BlazicCD-L
  3. 22Cédric HountondjiCD-R
  4. 3Souleyman DoumbiaLB
  5. 25Abdoulaye BambaRB
  6. 23Adrien HunouAM
  7. 6Nabil BentalebLM
  8. 2Batista MendyRM
  9. 19Abdallah SimaF
  10. 10Himad AbdelliAM-L
  11. 15Pierrick CapelleAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Angers 0. Hugo Ekitike (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nordi Mukiele with a cross.
  2. 53' Pierrick Capelle (Angers) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  3. 61' Substitution, Angers. Amine Salama replaces Adrien Hunou.
  4. 62' Substitution, Angers. Farid El Melali replaces Pierrick Capelle.
  5. 62' Substitution, Angers. Sofiane Boufal replaces Himad Abdelli.
  6. 72' Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Angers 0. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nordi Mukiele.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  7. 79' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  8. 79' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Carlos Soler replaces Hugo Ekitike.
  9. 80' Substitution, Angers. Waniss Taibi replaces Batista Mendy.
  10. 80' Substitution, Angers. Sada Thioub replaces Abdallah Sima.
  11. 86' Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. El Chadaille Bitshiabu replaces Vitinha.
  12. 89' Miha Blazic (Angers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+2' Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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