Messi and Neymar shine

DBasia.news – Paris Saint-Germain opened the new Ligue 1 2022/23 season brilliantly after beating the host Clermont Foot with a landslide score of 5-0, Sunday (7/8).

In the match held at Stade Gabriel Montpied last night, PSG appeared superior as Brazilian star Neymar scored one goal and provided three assists, while Lionel Messi played an equally important role with two goals and one assist.

In addition to Neymar and Messi who listed their names on the scoreboard, two PSG defenders namely Achraf Hakimi and Marquinhos also contributed goals for the capital club, all of which were scored in the first half.

In this match, coach Christophe Galtier fielded the same starting XI for two consecutive games in all competitions (against Nantes in the Champions Trophy and tonight in Clermont).

This was unprecedented in the era of Mauricio Pochettino, who was in charge of coaching the club between January 2021 and May 2022.

With three assists made by Neymar, PSG now has three players who carved out this unique record in 2022. Prior to this there were Kylian Mbappe vs Lorient (April) and Messi vs Clermont (April).

Thanks to this result, PSG are temporarily at the top of the standings with a collection of three points and five goals.

Galtier’s team will then have a home match against Montpellier in the second week of Ligue 1, which is scheduled to be held at the Parc des Princes on Sunday (14/8).

After that, they will play Lille (22/8) and AS Monaco (29/8).