Press review: PSG v Lorient and Nice v Lens, two draws | OneFootball

This Sunday, May 3, the French press (from a sporting perspective) focused, on the Paris Saint-Germain side, on the 2-2 draw the day before against Lorient at the Parc des Princes on Matchday 32 of the 2025-2026 Ligue 1 season.

Le Parisien –

L’Equipe –

PSG did not produce a great performance, but that was not really what was expected either with a heavily rotated side in the middle of the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich. There is no need to dramatize it, especially since the match remained fairly serious and largely controlled: 17 shots to 6, 65% possession and 12 corners to 2 in favor of the Parisians. The content was there to win. What was missing was efficiency (including 3 shots off the woodwork) and perhaps a little determination, with 2 goals conceded that could have been avoided.

The disappointment is limited by Lens’ 1-1 draw in Nice, while the team second in the league also dominated, though less clearly (15 to 7, 56% possession and 8 corners to 7 for Lens). They had even finally opened the scoring (60th minute, Allan Saint-Maximin) after a few matches with poor starts. Except they cracked after a red card (Saud Abduhalmid) in the 81st minute, then the equalizer in the 84th (Ali Abdi). Paris therefore keeps its 6-point lead, with a much better goal difference (+15).

In any case, attention will quickly turn elsewhere, with the return leg against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday already on everyone’s mind. Unless there is a major collapse at the end of the Ligue 1 season, this draw against Lorient, a team used to getting good results against the top sides, will quickly be forgotten. One can simply regret that the debuts of Renato Marin (19-year-old goalkeeper) and Pierre Mounguengue (18-year-old forward) were not more celebratory.

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