PSG Beat Strasbourg 3-1 With Three Second Half Goals
Strasbourg led through Giovanni Reyna in the 18th minute, but Paris Saint Germain scored three times after half time to win the Ligue 1 Matchday 7 game at Stade de la Meinau.
Key points
- Paris Saint Germain came from behind to beat Strasbourg 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday at Stade de la Meinau, scoring all three of their goals in the second half after trailing for more than an hour.
- Giovanni Reyna put Strasbourg ahead in the 18th minute, and the home side led 1-0 at half time, VAVEL reported.
- The equaliser finally arrived in the 84th minute, when defender Illia Zabarnyi scored to make it 1-1, VAVEL reported in its live coverage.
Paris Saint Germain came from behind to beat Strasbourg 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday at Stade de la Meinau, scoring all three of their goals in the second half after trailing for more than an hour.
Giovanni Reyna put Strasbourg ahead in the 18th minute, and the home side led 1-0 at half time, VAVEL reported. The early goal gave the Alsace club something to protect in front of its own crowd, and for most of the afternoon it looked like it might be enough. PSG pushed forward through the second half without finding a way through, and the match went into its last ten minutes with Strasbourg still holding the lead.
Three late goals flip the match
The equaliser finally arrived in the 84th minute, when defender Illia Zabarnyi scored to make it 1-1, VAVEL reported in its live coverage. Five minutes later, forward Ousmane Dembele put PSG in front for the first time all day, scoring in the 89th minute. Desire Doue added the third goal to complete the comeback, according to Sportradar player statistics for the match.
Two of the PSG goals came in that late burst at 84 and 89 minutes, and Strasbourg had no time left to answer. The final score was 3-1 to PSG, confirmed by both Sportradar and VAVEL at full time.
What the match was
Ligue 1 is the top division of French football, and this was a Matchday 7 fixture, the seventh round of the league season. Stade de la Meinau is Strasbourg's home ground in the Alsace region of eastern France, and the home crowd had a first half lead to cheer before watching it slip away in the closing minutes.
The result closes Matchday 7 for both sides. PSG take the three points back to Paris after a win that stayed in doubt until the final minutes, while Strasbourg are left with nothing from a match they led from the 18th minute to the 84th. Both clubs now turn to the next round of Ligue 1 fixtures as the season moves into its eighth matchday.
How the comeback was built
Strasbourg's lead lasted 66 minutes, from Reyna's goal in the 18th minute to Zabarnyi's equaliser in the 84th. The American midfielder Reyna had given the home side the perfect start, and Strasbourg defended that lead through half time and deep into the second half. PSG had the ball and the pressure but no goals to show for it until the final stretch, when the match turned in the space of five minutes.
The two late goals changed everything at once. Zabarnyi, a central defender, scored the equaliser with six minutes of normal time left, and Dembele's goal in the 89th minute put PSG ahead with Strasbourg out of time to reorganise. Doue's third goal then removed any doubt about the result. A match that Strasbourg had controlled on the scoreboard for more than an hour ended as a two-goal defeat, and the three points went to Paris.