Nantes forward Ignatius Ganago is larger than life. On Saturday night, he became only the second player to score against Paris Saint-Germain during their Qatari era. Although his team ended up on the losing side in a six-goal thriller, the Cameroonian international struck at Parc des Princes to stun the star-studded home team and make it 2-2 after the Parisians had raced into a 2-0 lead.After his goal, Ganago pointed to the sky as emotions caught up with him. Because, you see, he went and is still going through so much pain. Just three weeks ago, his four-year daughter Chloe died following an illness.#MaxSports | NANTES’ Cameroonian striker Ignatius Ganago’s daughter, Chloe, has tragically died aged five.#MaxTV #MaxFM #MaxOnline #Ligue1UberEats pic.twitter.com/RN8x1yDTxg— Max TV (@maxtvgh) February 14, 2023 One can hardly imagine the strength a man has to summon to get out of bed in the morning following such a tragic event in their life – but the Douala-born forward returned to help his teammates in the crucial part of the season. The man who joined Nantes from Lens last September has a knack for scoring against Paris. He scored twice against PSG in two separate games while still playing for Nice in 2019. He also got a couple of goals in the shirt of Lens, including the only strike of their Ligue 1 clash in September 2020. Tonight, he beat Gianluigi Donnarumma in the yellow kit of Nantes.Some Funeral images of little Chloe Ganago , daughter of Cameroon International Footballer 🦁 🇨🇲 Ignatius Ganago who passed Away earlier this week 💔RIP 🕊📸 : @lenoir_records pic.twitter.com/T8hu3yJyYf— 🇨🇲Celeb Photographer 🇨🇲 📸 ❁ (@Steve_Labile) February 17, 2023 On the pitch, it looked like PSG would stroll to three points. An own goal and a smart Lionel Messi finish gave them an early lead that seemed decisive.Antoine Kombouare’s men didn’t surrender, and they managed to level by scoring twice in the space of seven minutes. Ludovic Blas took Donnarumma by surprise by hitting a wicked shot to the Italian’s near post and then Ganago forced the ball in from a Florent Mollet cross. Just like that – the champions of France and the plucky Canaries have shared four goals in the capital.𝙉𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙎𝙄𝙎! 😎👻Ignatius Ganago has scored 5 goals in 7 games against @PSG_English!#PSGFCN 2️⃣-2️⃣ pic.twitter.com/9BV3NT2Qhm— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) March 4, 2023 After the break, Christophe Galtier’s team restored the lead when Kylian Mbappe delivered a pinpoint cross after a period of heavy Parisian pressure – right onto Danilo Pereira’s head. The Portuguese international found the bottom corner with his header, leaving Burkinabe goalie Alban Lafont with no chance.The Parisians dominated the rest of the game and had chances to put the game beyond doubt, but they still had to wait for Mbappe to seal the points with the fourth goal deep in added time. The late goal meant that the former Monaco wonderkid has become Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time top scorer with his 201st goal for the club. The France superstar had equalled Edinson Cavani’s previous record mark of 200 goals with a brace in last week’s win at Marseille and went one better by netting in stoppage time.This night showed that the champions are still vulnerable – something Bayern will look to exploit again next week when they meet in the Champions League.Les Nantois deserve credit for their brave display – and that man Ganago is our hero. We wish him and his family all the strength in the world.LIGUE 1Round 26FridayNice – Auxerre 1-1 (1-1)/Laborde 45+1 – Hein 36/SaturdayLens – Lille 1-1 (1-0)/Fonte 41 og – David 69/Paris Saint-Germain – Nantes 4-2 (2-2)/Messi 12, Hadjem 17 og, Pereira 60, Mbappe 90+2 – Blas 31, Ganago 38/Sunday15:00: (6.50) Troyes (4.30) Monaco (1.50)17:00: (1.90) Montpellier (3.60) Angers (4.50)17:00: (1.65) Reims (3.70) Ajaccio (6.75)17:00: (2.10) Strasbourg (3.40) Brest (3.90)17:00: (1.85) Toulouse (3.70) Clermont (4.60)19:05: (1.55) Olympique Lyon (4.30) Lorient (6.75)22:45: (2.95) Rennes (3.40) Olympique Marseille (2.55)***odds are subject to change***
