It has always been reported in the French press that the friendship between Paris Saint-Germain stars Kylian Mbappe and the Brazilian Neymar is missing, and that they cannot be in one team, but the last match against Strasbourg proved the opposite, which ended in a 3-3 draw, in the first match of the Parisian team after winning its tenth title. 3- At the opening of the thirty-fifth stage of the French Football League.
International striker Kilian Mbappe imposed himself as a star of the match by scoring two goals in the 23rd and 64th minutes, one of them from Neymar, raising his score to 24 goals. Mbappe also made the second goal scored by Moroccan international defender Ashraf Hakimi, and the attack was started by Neymar (64).
Mbappe scored 14 goals in the French League from the industry of his colleague Neymar, so that the player benefited more among the players of the Parisian team from the passes of the Brazilian striker throughout his career inside the Parc des Princes.
The French international converted 14 passes from Neymar’s industry into the net, more than his closest pursuer, Edinson Cavani, who scored 8 goals with the help of the Brazilian striker.
Argentine Angel Di Maria is third (3 goals), followed by German Julian Draxler and Brazilian Marquinhos with two goals each.
Neymar has made 37 goals for his colleagues in the Parisian team in the French league since he played there in the summer of 2017, for 222 million euros.
Saint-Germain raised its lead to 79 points, while Strasbourg maintained its hopes of entering the European race after advancing to fifth place temporarily with 57 points, equal with Nice sixth, who is a guest at Bordeaux on Sunday, and two points behind Monaco, the fourth, which hosts Angers on the same day.
Saint-Germain, who played in a starting lineup, contrary to what was expected, after winning his tenth league title by drawing 1-1 with Lens in the last stage, failed to repeat his victory over Strasbourg after he had won 4-2 in the second stage.
And Strasbourg failed to maintain its rapid lead three minutes after the start of the whistle through Gameiro, and Saint-Germain equalized thanks to the brilliant Mbappe, in a first half that did not appear during the French champions, according to his reputation.
Gameiro took advantage of his speed and a deep ball from defender Lucas Perin, who got rid of Presnel Kimpebe and hit it with a strong right, while the giant Italian international goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma failed to stop it.
And from the first dangerous opportunity, Saint-Germain equalized after an attack led by the Brazilian Neymar from the middle of the field and passed to the rushing Mbappe quickly, so he penetrated into the area and shot it between the feet of the Belgian goalkeeper Matz Seal (23).
Saint-Germain responded with two goals, the first after a joint game that Neymar started 20 meters away with a superb pass to Mbappe, who passed the last cross to Hakimi, who followed it into the net (64) in his fourth goal in the league this season, and the second through Mbappe taking advantage of a wrong pass back from the Ghanaian defender Alexandre Dzeko was the only goalkeeper and hit his right (68), in his second personal goal in the match and the third for his team, enhancing his lead of scorers with 24 goals.
Mbappe also scored his fifth goal against Strasbourg and his 131st in Ligue 1, becoming the second best scorer in the current century after former Uruguayan St Germain striker Edinson Cavani (138).