Choupo-Moting goal-line howler as PSG miss chance to wrap up French title
08 April 2019
PSG were handed the opportunity to win their sixth French crown in seven seasons after second-placed Lille drew 1-1 at Reims earlier. “I wondered if I was offside and it all happened very fast. I touched the ball, it hit the post and, well, it’s a real shame because the ball was going in,” Choupo-Moting told Canal+.Fresh from winning the League Cup last weekend, Strasbourg had equalised prior to Choupo-Moting’s howler when Nuno Da Costa turned in a Lionel Carole cross, and they found themselves 2-1 up in the 38th minute when Anthony Goncalves lashed home from 22 yards.
Cameroon international Choupo-Moting started with Mbappe rested and Neymar, Angel Di Maria and Edinson Cavani all unfit — the latter watched from the stands sporting a beret.“He is an excellent back-up player to have but if you start a lot for PSG you need to have confidence and he lacks that,” said Tuchel of Choupo-Moting.
Earlier, Jose Fonte’s 56th-minute header had Lille on course to take all three points away to Reims, but substitute Remi Oudin’s 78th-minute leveller — initially ruled out for offside but then given after a VAR review — denied the visitors.
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