Paris Saint-Germain suffered a second house defeat in a row Sunday, falling 1-0 to Lyon as their World Cup-winning famous person Lionel Messi was jeered by a piece of supporters.
After dropping 2-0 at house to Rennes two weeks in the past, it was Lyon’s Bradley Barcola who inflicted the most recent loss for PSG on the Parc des Princes.
The purpose by Barcola — who had come on as a substitute for injured Amin Sarr — made up for a missed penalty by Alexandre Lacazette within the first half.
It is the Parisians’ fifth Ligue 1 loss this season, all of them in 2023, and leaves Christophe Galtier’s facet simply six factors forward of each second-placed Lens and Marseille in third.
The evening began in controversial circumstances.
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As the staff line-ups had been introduced over the loudspeaker, whistling greeted Messi’s identify in a single a part of the stadium.
Fans in one other space, nonetheless, shouted in response “Messi”.
Messi, 35, is nearing the end of his two-year contract with the Paris club.
Watch: Lionel Messi Booed During PSG’s Defeat to Lyon
Talks have begun on a possible renewal but he has also been linked with a return to Barcelona.
In two seasons, the veteran has played 67 matches with PSG including Sunday’s game against ninth-placed Lyon and scored 29 goals.
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“The whistles, I find that hard,” stated Galtier.
“Leo is a participant who provides quite a bit and who has given quite a bit because the begin of the season.”
He added: “With a stroke of genius, Leo is able to deliver the right ball, to provide an assist, to score a goal. I never once thought about taking him off.”
PSG midfielder Danilo acknowledged the staff had hit “a tough section” which they had to find a way out of, given their rivals were closing in.
“We have to wake up. The title is not guaranteed at all, there are still a lot of matches,” he stated on Prime Video.
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“There are lot of issues to change, not simply the mindset, however it’s not up to me to say what.”
PSG have been severely hampered by injuries, with Neymar recovering from ankle surgery and their defence decimated.
On Sunday, PSG called up 17-year-old central defender El Chadaille Bitshiabu but he was overawed, giving away the ball too often.
Kylian Mbappe failed to pull off a repeat of his late-scoring heroics as he had done in recent games against Strasbourg and Brest.
🚨🚨| Leo Messi’s name was booed at the Parc des Princes when his name was announced in the starting 11 today. 🇦🇷🎥pic.twitter.com/Zz68VxwoCZ— PSG Report (@PSG_Report) April 2, 2023
“We can’t expect everything from Leo and Kylian,” stated Galtier.
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“It’s our eighth defeat in 2023, it’s far too many.”
Next up for PSG is a trip to Nice who are undefeated since January 2 before a crucial home clash with second-placed Lens.
Lens will be hopeful of delivering a further blow to their Qatar-owned rivals whose season is threatening to implode after a Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich and a French Cup loss to bitter rivals Marseille.
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