The Argentinian Angel Di Maria was the victim of a burglary in his own home and the Brazilian Marquinhos in that of people of his family, we learned from the club and a source close to the investigation.
“There was violence” at the home in Yvelines of the family of Marquinhos, who was present during the burglary, “including the father,” a source close to the investigation told AFP. “It is not with the player, but with his family,” said this source.
Burglaries which disturbed the team: “There is the disappointment of having lost three points, but the group was concerned” by burglaries, in particular at Angel Di Maria, while his family was present, according to Canal +, broadcaster of the meeting, which does not cite a source.
The Parisian club’s sporting director, Leonardo, even came to speak with the coach, Mauricio Pochettino, to get the Argentina winger off the pitch.
“It’s not an excuse, but there has been an unusual drop in energy,” said the Argentina coach. “Yes, we spoke with the players, but not about what happened footballistically.”
On the ground, PSG collapsed in the second half when Nantes scored two goals, by Randal Kolo Muani (59) and Moses Simon (71), wiping out the opening scoring of Julian Draxler (42).
This defeat preserves the suspense of L1. Paris remains second, now three lengths from Lille and tied with OL, and it will cross its two opponents for the title the next two days, in Lyon and at the Parc against Losc!
Everything was going well at the break, before the disastrous news, and the PSG match derailed.
A crazy pass back from Kylian Mbappé offered the equalizer to Kolo Muani, a native of Bondy like him, and a counter gave the victory to the “Canaries”.
PSG lost again after the Champions League. Qualified for the quarters after his draw against FC Barcelona (1-1) on Wednesday, he seemed to have no more influence to reverse the fate.
After the feat of going to Catalonia (4-1), PSG had already been surprised by Monaco (2-0) at the Parc des Princes. But at least the ASM was 4th and in great shape, while Nantes is a relegation in suffering.
And it is a former member of the house, Antoine Kombouaré, who plunged Paris back into doubt. His training club came out on top of the relegation zone by beating the club in its best years as a player.
Kanak inflicts a seventh defeat in L1 to PSG this season, the third of the Pochettino era, also beaten in Lorient (3-2).
Rafinha in 10
The Argentine coach will have to quickly revive his team, with an 8th final of the Coupe de France, already against Lille on Wednesday.
In the match, the five-man defense knitted by Kombouaré folded but broke only once. Alban Lafont was very good, coming out with a strike under the bar of Di Maria, who started for the first time since February 6 (11).
The Canaries could have collected a penalty when Presnel Kimpembe dismissed Kolo Muani with his arm, but the referee, Karim Abed, did not judge it so, reinforced by his video assistance (20).
Mbappé’s mistake
This decision spurred the Nantes people on, and against Ludovic Blas, Keylor Navas released a big parade (30), building on his brilliant match against Barça.
Not to be outdone, Lafont also made two very good saves in front of Mbappé (38) then Rafinha (40).
He could not do anything, however, on Draxler’s cross strike to open the scoring.
The conclusion of the action is a bit lucky, Andrei Girotto unwittingly served the German by countering a one-two between Di Maria and Mbappé, but Paris deserved their lead at the break.
But the unfortunate Mbappé squandered it by offering the equalizer to Kolo Muani, with a very reckless back pass!
Then the same Kolo Muani escaped, and served the Nigerian Moses Simon for the 2-1. It took a long time to validate this goal with the video: if Abdoulaye Touré had not deviated slightly from Lafont’s long clearance, the two attackers would have been offside.
Lafont released Leandro Paredes’ latest attempt to change the fate of the match (77), and the FCN was able to celebrate its second victory only in thirteen years against PSG: before Sunday evening, the balance was 17 defeats in 18 games since 2006!