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04/22 16:41 CDT PSG bounces back to open 4-point lead in Ligue 1, Strasbourg
reaches French Cup final
PSG bounces back to open 4-point lead in Ligue 1, Strasbourg reaches French Cup
final
PARIS (AP) --- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain
recovered from its Ligue 1 loss to Lyon with a 3-0 victory over
relegation-threatened Nantes on Wednesday.
PSG's home win -- in a game postponed from mid-March to allow the team to
better prepare for its Champions League last-16 clash with Chelsea -- keeps it
four points above Lens with four rounds of the French league remaining.
Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 13th minute. It
was awarded after a VAR check penalized Nantes defender Frdric Guilbert for
handball because Marquinhos' header brushed against his arm.
Louis Leroux thought he'd equalized when he fired in a loose ball after PSG
failed to deal with a free kick, but the next VAR decision also went against
the visitors. After a lengthy delay, the goal was ruled out for offside.
There was nothing wrong with Desir Dou's brilliant goal in the 37th, when
Achraf Hakimi played him through before he left fly with a fierce strike from a
difficult angle inside the far corner.
Kvaratskhelia grabbed his second after the break, shimmying past two defenders
and poking the ball past Anthony Lopes in the Nantes goal.
Guilbert caught Dou with a bad challenge late on but the winger was able to
continue.
PSG, the title holder, faces Bayern Munich in the Champions League semifinals
with the first leg in Paris on Tuesday.
Crowd disturbances
There were clashes during the match between Nantes supporters and stewards, who intervened to remove huge banners the fans unfurled that were critical of PSG-backer Qatar and the French league. "Qatar demands, the LFP obeys, French football suffers, we're sick of you," the banners read in big yellow capital letters before they were taken down. Some fans lit flares while others fought with the stewards.
French Cup Elye Wahi scored twice -- the second a penalty -- to steer Strasbourg into the French Cup final with a 2-0 win over visiting Nice. Strasbourg will play Lens in the May 22 decider in the Stade de France, after Lens defeated Toulouse 4-1 in the first semifinal on Tuesday. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
Crowd disturbances
There were clashes during the match between Nantes supporters and stewards, who intervened to remove huge banners the fans unfurled that were critical of PSG-backer Qatar and the French league. "Qatar demands, the LFP obeys, French football suffers, we're sick of you," the banners read in big yellow capital letters before they were taken down. Some fans lit flares while others fought with the stewards.
French Cup Elye Wahi scored twice -- the second a penalty -- to steer Strasbourg into the French Cup final with a 2-0 win over visiting Nice. Strasbourg will play Lens in the May 22 decider in the Stade de France, after Lens defeated Toulouse 4-1 in the first semifinal on Tuesday. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
