September 09, 2017
The biblical “MENE MENE TERKEL URPHASIN” is translated to mean “YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED AND BROUGHT TO AN END”
This in my opinion is the case of the trio popularly known as the MSN “Messi, Suarez and Neymar” with the emergence of the MCN “Mbappe, Cavani and Neymar.
The latter trio did so well that they all found the back of the net in their first ever start together. Which I would say signals the beginning of a new era.
Kylian Mbappe scored on his Paris Saint-Germain debut as Metz were left to rue Benoit Assou-Ekotto's controversial second-half dismissal in a 5-1 victory for the Ligue 1 title favourites.
On loan Monaco star, Mbappe was in the starting lineup for PSG which also had world-record signing Neymar, Julian Draxler and Edinson Cavani.
It was Cavani who opened the scoring in the 31st minute, calmly rounding goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima to slot home from Neymar's throughball.
But the visitors were stunned by Emmanuel Riviere's leveller before the interval following excellent work from Mathieu Dossevi, as the bottom club threatened to spring a surprise on the league leaders.
Riviere should have put Metz ahead early in the second half after Alphonse Areola failed to deal with a back-pass, but PSG escaped and Assou-Ekotto's 56th-minute red card for a strong but seemingly fair challenge on Mbappe turned the odds in favour of the visitors.
Mbappe was the man to make them pay, the 18-year-old marking his maiden PSG outing with a well-taken finish three minutes later, while a goal-line clearance denied him a second.
Neymar added the third with a fine 20-yard finish and Cavani netted again – substitute Lucas Moura bundling in the fifth – as PSG christened the 'MCN' trio that may well rival the achievement of Barcelona's legendary and now defunct 'MSN'.
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