Lee Kang-in's First Appearance After the 'Table Tennis Gate' Controversy... 61 Minutes of League Play

PSG wins 2-0 over Nantes... Mbappe announces intention to transfer, starts scoring.

Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), who was at the center of the so-called 'Table Tennis Gate', played for the first time since causing controversy due to a collision with Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and played for 61 minutes.

Lee Kang-in's team, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), defeated FC Nantes 2-0 in an away game in the 22nd round of the 2023-2024 French Professional Football League 1 held at the Stade de la Beaujoir in Nantes, France on the 18th (Korean time).

Lee Kang-in started as PSG's right-wing striker and played 61 minutes until he was replaced by French national team winger Ousmane Dembele in the 16th minute of the second half. 바카라사이트

While missing out on winning the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup, the Korean soccer world is in a very chaotic situation after it was revealed that Lee Kang-in and captain Son Heung-min physically collided during dinner the day before the semifinal against Jordan.

There is strong public criticism of Lee Kang-in, who did not follow the wishes of Son Heung-min, the captain and 9 years his senior who wanted to play table tennis with the team rather than separately, and became an excuse for internal strife.

Lee Kang-in, who returned to PSG after the Asian Cup, was not included in the roster for the first leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) against Real Sociedad (Spain) on the 15th, when the controversy surrounding the national team was growing.

According to local media such as Le Parisien, the coaching staff decided to give him a break because he was unable to find his condition due to a virus infection.

Kang-in Lee, who was in poor condition after a break, did his part in his return game against Nantes on this day, recording two key passes (passes that lead to scoring opportunities) and delivering 9 crosses.

In the 18th minute of the first half, after receiving the ball on the right side, he cut into the center with a unique deception and attempted a shot.

Whoscored.com, a soccer statistics media, gave Lee Kang-in a rating of 6.66.

PSG, who failed to score despite having more than 80% of the ball in the first half, scored the first goal in the 15th minute of the second half when Lucas Hernández's surprise shot hit a defender and fractured the ball, which was sucked into Nantes' goal.

Immediately after the score was 1-0, Coach Luis Enrique took a gamble by removing Lee Kang-in, Marco Asensio, and Randal Colo Muani and bringing in Dembele, Kylian Mbappe, and Ashraf Hakimi at the same time.

While transfer rumors were constantly being raised, star striker Kylian Mbappe, who is known to have directly conveyed his intention to transfer to the club's leadership on the 13th, scored an additional goal in the 33rd minute of the second half.

While making a surprise change of direction in the penalty box, he tripped over the opponent's leg and was awarded a penalty kick, and took the kicker himself to make it 2-0.

PSG, which has never lost in the league since losing to OGC Nice (2-3) in September last year, took the lead (16 wins, 5 draws, 1 loss, 53 points).