Paris | A goal scored by Julian Draxler’s header at Injury Time helped Paris St. Germain (PSG) beat Metz 1–0 in their home match to register their first win in the French football tournament — League 1. This is the first win by defending champions PSG after losing two consecutive matches in Ligue 1 this season.
According to the news agency’s report, PSG lost 0–1 to Lens in the first match of Ligue 1 and then to Marseille in the Champions League final on August 23 after losing 0–1 to Bayern Munich. Was encountered.
Three players, including Neymar, were shown the red card in that match. Neymar punched Marseille defender Alvaro Gonzaloz in the final moments of the match, causing Neymar to be shown a red card and forced to leave the field.
And now the French Professional Football Discipline Commission (LPF) has decided to suspend Neymar for a two-match ban and one match.
Apart from this, Argentine midfielder Leandro Paredes has been banned as much as Neymar while Leywin Kurzawa has been banned for six matches.
PSG retained 70 per cent ball possession in their third match of Ligue 1 on Wednesday.
In the 65th minute of the match, PSG’s Abdou Diallo was shown the second yellow card while in the 85th minute Juan Burnett was shown the yellow card, which caused PSG to play with 10 of its players in the final 10 minutes.
Draxler scored the only goal for the team via header in injury time.
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