A well-changed PSG beat second-placed French Sochaux in an 80-minute friendly while accelerating preparations for the Champions League quarter-finals against Atalanta.
Although he had to play without star forwards Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, PSG came ahead from the start thanks to striker Eric Maxim Chupo-Moting, who recovered a poor clearing from opposing goalkeeper Maxence Prevot to open the scoring.
The Ligue 1 team had a chance to double their lead in the opening era when he received a penalty when Abdallah Ndour pulled the line, but Leandro Paredes saw his kick stored through Podence.
Paris Saint-Germain won their last match before Atalanta of the Champions League
Eric Maxim Chupo-Moting broke the impasse after a mistake through Maxence Podence de Sochaux
PSG rested several key stars from the first team, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé (top left)
PSG coach Thomas Tuchel, without injured duo Mbappé and Marco Verratti for Sochaux’s friendly, the latter was excluded from the Champions League qualifier due to a clash with Chupo-Moting’s intra-team friendly on Tuesday.
Mbappé has a small chance of tying Atalanta after injuring PSG’s Victory in the French Cup over Saint-Etienne.
PSG midfielder Ander Herrera was hoping this week that Mbappé would be sufficiently compatible to appear, but Tuchel felt the French striker’s chances were minimal.
Tuchel also opted to leave Neymar out of the friendly team, as a total host of the PSG first-team stars who watched the match from the stands.
PSG midfielder Leandro Paredes saw a penalty in the first half stored through Sochaux goalkeeper
Kylian Mbappé, Neymar and Thiago Silva see a friendly win
The siege of Thomas Tuchel to Atalanta in the last 8 games of the Champions League on Wednesday night
But the initial lineup of the PSG still consists of several regulars who add to Juan Bernat, Ander Herrera, Pablo Serabia and Keylor Navas, while Idrissa Gana Gueye came from the substitutes’ bench.
Another arrival on the substitutes’ bench Xavi Simons, a 17-year-old prodigy, who joined the La Masia academy in Barcelona last summer.
The focus is now on the PSG Champions League draw, Italian club Atalanta, on Wednesday night.
The adjustment will be held at the Estadio do Luiz in Portugal, as the Champions League becomes a World Cup-style tournament with two one-legged knockout matches.
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