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Paul Myers

Rennes inflict first home defeat of the season on vapid PSG

Rennes Paris Saint-Germain Lionel Messi Kylian Mbappé Bordeaux Real Madrid UEFA Champions League Steve Mandanda the Parc des Princes Paris SaintGermain
Former Paris Saint-Germain players Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga scored Rennes' second goal in the 2-0 victory over PSG at the Parc des Princes. REUTERS - GONZALO FUENTES

At least there was a collective element to the symmetry on Sunday evening at the Parc des Princes. In the first home match after Paris Saint-Germain were eliminated from the 2022 Champions League, large sections of the home supporters booed Lionel Messi throughout the 3-0 victory against Bordeaux – the Argentine anointed principal scapegoat for the meltdown against Real Madrid in the last-16.

A year on and in the first home game after another last-16 departure from the Champions League – this time to Bayern Munich – the pallid performance of the whole PSG team was jeered after Rennes inflicted a first home defeat of the season on the champions. And 2-0 flattered a bloodless PSG.

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