Ligue 1 2025-26: PSG maintains a perfect start as Mbappe’s younger brother Nets winner for Lille

A Bradley Barcola brace earned Paris Saint-Germain a 2-0 victory over lens in Ligue 1 on Sunday, while Kylian Mbappe’s brother Ethan scored deep in the second half to give Lille a Last Gasp victory.

The result sent PSG back to the top of the table when the reigning champion won his fourth victory of four trips this period.

However, the competition threw some injury headache for coach Luis Enrique prior to the start of PSG’s Champions League defense next week, with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Lee Kang-in and Lucas Beraldo all diving.

Barcola sent PSG ahead on the quarter with an elegant curly finish from 20 meters.

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But it went wrong for the dominant host, because star player Kvaratskhelia was enforced two minutes later with a veal edition and Wednesday doubted about his presence while PSG opens his Champions League defense against Atalanta.

Barcola doubled PSG’s lead six minutes after the break when he drove from the left before he arrived from a distance from a distance past the dive of goalkeeper Robin Risser.

But PSG’s injury problems gathered in the second period when the first midfielder Lee, then defender Beraldo had to be replaced.

Lille Late Show

Earlier in Lille, 18-year-old Ethan Mbappe walked home for eight minutes in the injury time to give Lille a 2-1 home victory on Toulouse, even though the host was a goal when the clock tapped after 90.

A fine at the start of the injury time converted by Nabil Bentaleb had brought the host level before Mbappe brought a late winner home.

Both goals came to late replacers thanks to late replacers, after Toulouse was brought back to 10 men at 80 minutes.

After his departure from PSG in the aftermath of the bitter free transfer of his older brother Kylian to Real Madrid, Mbappe joined Lille in July last year.

The first strike of the midfielder for the Ligue 1 winner of 2020-21 came on his 11th League performance when he threw on the distant pole to cross Osame Sahraoui’s Thrash-up along the helpless visiting goalkeeper.

«Last year was a bit of a difficult year for me, with many injuries,» said Mbappe. «Returning with a goal, to be honest, there is no better way to start a new season.»

Frank Magri opened the score for Toulouse early in the second period before Lille’s late show.

For the time being, the Last Gasp victory brought Lille to the top of the Ligue 1 table, at 10 points before PSG won to hit it in second place.

Lyon, the only other club that has a 100 percent record in Ligue 1 this season, could take the first place with a victory in the last game of the weekend to Rennes.

Elsewhere, Liam Rosenior’s youthful Strasbourg side achieved a 1-0 win at home at Le Havre thanks to Joaquin Panichelli’s 92nd minute Spot-Kick.

Paris FC claimed his second victory of the campaign and stopped 2-1 in the last placed Brest, while Metz 1-1 pulled with Angers.

Published on September 14, 2025