PSG brutalise Montpellier to show life exists after Mbappe – The Kampala Report

No Kylian Mbappe Lottin. No problem. Paris Saint Germain served notice to their Ligue One rivals that there is life after the exit of the club’s six-time top scorer by bludgeoning Montpellier 6-0 at the Parc des Princes on Friday night. It was the second successive match day they have turned on afterburners following last week’s 4-1 win at Le Havre.

Goals either side of the breather by fast improving winger Bradley Barcola together with strikes from Marco Asencio, Achraf Hakimi, Warren Zaire Emery and Lee Kang-in lifted the Parisians to the division’s summit with six points from two outings.

PSG coach Luis Enrique spent a large part of last season preparing the team for life after the club’s record scorer. He is now reaping the rewards of spreading the goal scoring burden with seven different net busters responsible for the ten goals they’ve mustered in 180 minutes of action.

Roberto de Zerbi’s Olympique Marseille who were 5-1 winners away to Stade Brest on the opening weekend, will once again look to summer signing Mason Greenwood at home to Stade Reims on Sunday after the former Manchester United striker fired in a brace on his debut.

Eight-time champions Olympique Lyon welcome back inspirational skipper Alexandre Lacazette for tonight’s home match against Monaco after he missed last Sunday’s 0-3 reverse at Stade Rennes.

Groupama Stadium boss Pierre Sage will be counting on a two pronged Lacazette-Georges Mikuatadze attack to breach a Monaco back four that kept a clean sheet in outlasting St Etienne 1-0 on match day one.

Elsewhere, Lille Metropole host Angers four days after they outlasted Slavia Prague in a Uefa Champions League qualifier, Nice welcome Toulouse and Racing Lens battle Stade Brest.

RESULT
Paris Saint Germain 6-0 Montpellier

SATURDAY
Olympique Lyon v Monaco,
Lille Metropole v Angers,
St Etienne v Le Havre

SUNDAY
Racing Lens v Stade Brest,
Strasbourg v Stade Rennes,
Nantes v Auxerre,
Nice v Toulouse,
Olympique Marseille v Stade Reims