Taking Advantage Of Marseille's Internal Problems, PSG Wins The 100th Edition Of Le Classique

JAKARTA - Paris Saint-Germain embraced the 100th edition of Le Classique in the 2-0 win of Marseille, which currently has no permanent coach following the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas, in the 24th week of the French League at the Velodrome Stadium, Sunday local time. (Monday Indonesian local time).

Kylian Mbappe and Mauro Icardi's goals made PSG even more successful in the history of Le Classique by winning 45 editions of them and 22 draws, while the rest belonged to Marseille, which in the last decade has increasingly been left out in the map of competition both in France and in Europe.

Despite winning, PSG did not stay in third place in the standings with a collection of 51 points behind Lille (54) and Olympique Lyon (52) who also won earlier in the match.

Meanwhile, Marseille (33), which has now gone through six matches without tasting a victory, slipped to ninth place, cited by Antara from the official French League website.

Facing Marseille, who is struggling with various internal club problems, Mauricio Pochettino's men are able to take advantage of this situation through the dominant appearance shown from the start of the match.

Les Parisiens took the lead just nine minutes after the kick-off when a quick attack led by Angel Di Maria's acceleration ended with a well-made pass that Mbappe easily finished.

Accompanied by Nasser Larguet as an interim coach on the sidelines, Marseille tried to fight back but Dimitri Payet et al had not been able to dismantle PSG's defensive line which appeared quite disciplined.

In the 24th minute, PSG was able to double their lead through a unique goal full of luck scored by Icardi. The striker failed to head Alessandro Florenzi's cross, but the ball landed on his back and bounced off, it tricked the goalkeeper, Steve Mandanda into the far post area.

Marseille had threatened through Florian Thauvin's 'long distance shot. PSG goalkeeper Sergio Rico was fortunate to have performed brilliantly by shaking off the dangerous kick, resulting in only a corner.

Likewise with the opportunities created by Boubacar Kamara, Sergio Rico, which, again, performed nicely to block it.

The hosts who played in the second half continued to try to catch up. However, PSG's tough defense made the position ended 2-0.

Before the whistle blew, Payet received a red card, more wounds were suffered by Marseille.