Magri ensures miserable PSG farewell for Mbappé; Jackson continues scoring form

May 14, 2024 24 0
Magri ensures miserable PSG farewell for Mbappé; Jackson continues scoring form

Frank Magri and Yann Gboho stole some unlikely headlines at Parc des Princes as Toulouse ensured Kylian Mbappé's Paris Saint-Germain farewell ended in tears, while Nicolas Jackson, Iñaki Williams, Victor Boniface and Jarell Quansah are all ending fine seasons in noteworthy form.

PSG's Sunday showdown with Toulouse was meant to provide a final opportunity for local hero Mbappé to sign off in front of the supporters who have revered him since his arrival at the club in 2017.

Instead, the evening belonged to the visitors -- and their African strikers, Gboho and Magri -- while Mbappé's miserable week, which began with UEFA Champions League elimination at the hands in Borussia Dortmund, ended in further disappointment.

The World Cup winner opened the scoring in the eighth minute, seemingly setting PSG on their way to a 21st league win of the season, but Toulouse equalised five minutes later, through Thijs Dallinga, and Gboho and Magri scored in the second half to ensure a 3-1 victory.

In the 68th minute, Ivory Coast-born Gboho picked up the ball on the edge of the PSG box, darted into the area, and sent a fine curling effort beyond Arnau Tenas to give Le TeFeCe an unlikely lead. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, with PSG desperately seeking an equaliser, substitute Magri killed the contest with a close-range volley after meeting Warren Kamanzi's forward ball.

This was Magri's first goal since he scored in Cameroon's Africa Cup of Nations opener against Guinea; indeed the 24-year-old had seemingly lost his scoring touch in 2024, having njust etted four league goals before jetting off for the AFCON.

Gboho, a January signing from Cercle Brugge, has seen his stock rise dramatically since returning to Ligue 1, with the Stade Rennais academy product being a key protagonist in Toulouse's climb back up the table after they had struggled to juggle continental fixtures and domestic duties late in 2023.

He eclipsed Mbappé for successful completed dribbles, and equalled the France great for chances created.

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