Mbappe scores a penalty to lead PSG beat Strasbourg 2-1

PSG 2-1 Strasbourg: With several World Cup players called up, PSG resumed their journey in French League with a long-suffering 2-1 win against Strasbourg at the Parc des Princes stadium on Wednesday. Those led by Christophe Galtier managed to add three points in the final minute after a penalty converted by Mbappé in the 96th minute of the game.

However, it was not a happy ending for PSG’s striker Neymar, at least from the sporting aspect, since even with the emotional elimination of Brazil in the WC in Qatar 2022, he received a red card in his last game of the year with his club, PSG against Strasbourg.

In the duel on matchday 16, which marked the return of the star striker with the Paris team in the French League, after the break for the World Cup, The 30-year-old Brazilian star footballer received a double yellow card and consequently, the red card, after faking a foul in the away team's area in the attempt of diving.

PSG had been tied on the scorecard after Marquinhos’s goal; However, Marquinhos himself tied for the visiting team after an own goal. With the passing of the minutes and half an hour to play, Neymar decided to deceive the referee by simulating a foul inside the area, but the referee did not believe him and showed him the way to the dressing room.

Neymar left his team with 10 men for the rest of the game and made strong claims to the referee; In addition, he received several criticisms on social networks since, historically, he is considered an exaggerated player when it comes to receiving fouls, and although it is a fact that he is one of those who receive the most fouls, sometimes he tends to overreact or even fake one of them. It was his fifth red card since joining PSG for a world record fee of €222m ($236m) in 2017.

PSG is at the top of the points table in the French league and reached 44 points (14 W - 2 D), while the visitors had 11 points and are in 19th place in the points table (1 W - 8 D - 6 L). It should be noted that during the last 5 championship games between the two sides, history favours the PSG, who have won three wins and two draws. The Parisians took 8 points from Lens, who has a game pending and on matchday 17 (January 1) will meet the league topper.