El PSG se presentó dispuesto a guerrear más que a jugar en la efervescente Marsella, una ciudad en la que no es bienvenido. Con las bengalas como decorado de una noche hostil, representada como siempre por los radicales, Pochettino se sumó al clásico con sus cuatro fantásticos: Neymar, Messi, Di María y Mbappé. No escatimó en recursos de cara a un choque gobernado por el cuadro parisino, sin suerte cada vez que arrimó la pelota al área de Pau López. Con la expulsión de Achraf a media hora para el final, el empate fue hasta meritorio (0-0).
Estimulado por la grada, el Marsella advirtió que no iba a acobardarse. Mucho menos con un tipo como Sampaoli en el banquillo, el primero en ser amonestado. Por su idiosincrasia, el argentino encaja mejor que nadie en el Vélodrome, una cancha con vida propia. Tanto que el PSG siempre se quedó a medio camino. Las buenas intenciones de Messi y de Neymar solo sirvieron para cantar un tanto de rebote de Peres en propia puerta, anulado por un fuera de juego previo del brasileño.
El Marsella también celebró en balde el 1-0 de Milik, desestimado por el mismo motivo que el anterior. Messi apareció por sorpresa en el área chica para probar de cabeza a un atento Pau López. Sin instinto depredador, el PSG se enredó en un primer tiempo marcado por la triste moda que salpica a Francia: el protagonismo de los ultras, que arrojaron objetos cada vez que un futbolista rival se acercó al córner. El árbitro tuvo que detener el choque tres minutos.
A segundos para el descanso se retiró Verratti por unas molestias en la cadera. Tras la pausa, más de lo mismo. Fue un suplicio permanente para Neymar tener que ir hacia la esquina, acribillado desde la grada. El choque siguió como si nada porque se han normalizado este tipo de escenas en Francia, a menudo sin castigo. También saltó un espontáneo tras Leo. Entre tanto intervino el VAR para confirmar la expulsión de Achraf por una falta en la frontal. Pochettino sacrificó a Di María.
El PSG no dejó de atacar a pesar de verse con uno menos. Es un equipo al que no le valen los empates. En el intercambio de golpes Konrad indultó a Keylor Navas, otra vez titular. El encuentro estaba en una acción. Por prudencia, Pochettino prescindió de un abucheado Neymar para apuntalar el esquema con Wijnaldum. No hubo goles, pero no le faltaron ingredientes a un clásico alborotado por un Vélodrome en el que no hubo aficionados del PSG. Menos mal.
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