One Touch Goal Pablo Sarabia Bring PSG To Overcome Bordeaux
JAKARTA - Pablo Sarabia scored the only goal for Paris Saint-Germain to overcome Bordeaux in Week 28 of the French League at the Matmut Atlantique Stadium, Wednesday local time.
Sarabia scored his goal in the 20th minute with a touch past Laurent Koscielny as he picked up Idrissa Gueye's cross before firing a cross into the hosts' net, just four minutes after his first chance was cleared by goalkeeper Benoit Costil.
Bordeaux had a good chance to hit back in the 36th minute when Remi Oudin sent in a fine through ball, unfortunately Hwang Ui-jo's curling finish was narrow just outside the net.
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- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) March 3, 2021
In the 67th minute, PSG almost doubled their lead with Julian Draxler's through ball which Mauro Icardi tried to greet with a first-touch shot, but this time Koscielny threw himself up to block the ball.
In the second minute of injury time, goalkeeper Keylor Navas made a resounding save on Jimmy Briand's header for Oudin's cross to seal PSG's win.
According to Antara, the result made PSG move up to second place in the standings with a collection of 60 points, while Bordeaux (33), which had suffered three successive defeats, fell to 15th.
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- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) March 3, 2021
The two teams will return to appear in the French League continued on Sunday, March 14 next week when PSG host Nantes at the Parc des Princes and Bordeaux travel to the headquarters of Dijon's caretaker team.
However, before that, PSG will first play the last 32 match of the French Cup at home to Brest on Saturday.