“I almost fell asleep. Already there is no atmosphere in the stadium, the actions were not terrible, and we saw two mistakes by the goalkeepers”. In case you missed yesterday’s Le Classique between PSG and Marseille, there is your summary from non-other than Thierry Henry. Former Arsenal great is not a TV pundit for Amazon Prime Video and he gave an honest assessment of the most anticipated game in France. This season, looking at the table before the match, it was obvious that the guests couldn’t overtake PSG at the leading position, but a bit of excitement and fire was expected. Paris moved 15 points ahead of their bitter rivals, taking them one step closer to the 10th title in their history. With this win, Paris Saint-Germain won their 33rd match against Marseille in Ligue 1, now ahead of their rivals in the record books (20 draws, 32 wins for OM).A dramatic Classique – a disallowed goal on each side and a win from the penalty spot for the ParisiansOther pundits, along with most influential papers were not so kind either, with former Parisian Eric Rabesandratana sait it was “the worst clasico in history, a parody of football, the worst match for PSG this year”. L’Équipe stated that “this Classic will not go down in history”, while La Provence said that “an air of a friendly match floated over the very silent Parc des Princes.” And the reasons for silent atmosphere were the absence of any Marseille supporters in Paris (banned by the Ligue due to possible trouble) but also due to PSG ‘ultras’, silence. The most vocal members in the stadium decided to stay silent until the end of the season in protest at the club’s management and at results in a campaign marked by the Champions League last-16 exit to Real Madrid.The game itself, already described ‘boring’ was marked by two keeper’s blunders, which directly contributed to two of game’s three goals. First it was Marseille’s Pau Lopez, who completely missed the ball and allowed Neymar, to score, and then Gianluigi Donnarumma diverted the ball towards its own goal on a returning corner from Dimitri Payet, offering the possibility to Duje Caleta-Car, to score the equalizer. And both keepers arrived this summer as big investments…Mdr il y a eu carton jaune pour Neymar et Guendouzi est resté 5 minutes au sol. pic.twitter.com/h5On8p7zDi— Volnar (@volnarjr) April 18, 2022 Finally, in this derby, Neymar finally got ‘Neymared’, as fans on social media commented with laughter. At one point during the game, the Brazilian went into the path of Guendouzi who fell on the flour and started spinning in agony, forcing referee to give Neymar a yellow card, after which he went ballistic, trying to get to the Frenchman. The Twitter community ‘exploded’ with funny comments, stating that Neymar “literally does it for a living” and now he got angry for somebody else doing it.
