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SPORTS Monday 21 august 2017
Neymar unstoppable on home debut as PSG beats Toulouse 6-2

plause with even Toulouse’s this point, after Marco Ver-
players lining up to shake ratti’s sending off.
his hand. “The crowd was Center half Christopher Jul-
fantastic and it was a great lien exposed some poor
atmosphere,” Neymar said marking to give Toulouse a
on Canal Plus television lifeline three minutes later,
through a translator after scoring with a thumping
the game. header for 3-2.
PSG leads defending But substitute Javier Pastore
champion Monaco and curled in a sublime, curling
Saint-Etienne on goal dif- shot from 25 meters that
ference, with all on nine dipped into the top right
points after three games. corner in the 82nd. It was
Neymar, who joined from Neymar’s quick pass from
Barcelona for a world re- the left that released Angel
cord 222 million euros ($262 Di Maria to pick out Pastore
million), netted on his de- lurking near the penalty
but last weekend in a 3-0 area. Two minutes later,
win at Guingamp. Neymar whipped over a
On Sunday, he equalized clever corner that left back
for PSG and set up the sec- Layvin Kurzawa met with a
ond for midfielder Adrien spectacular scissor kick.
Rabiot, and then won a Neymar has slotted into
penalty that striker Edinson PSG’s team seamlessly —
PSG’s Neymar scores against Toulouse during the French League One soccer match between PSG Cavani struck home in the although that is to be ex-
and Toulouse at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. 75th to make it 3-1. PSG was pected given the price
(AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
By JEROME PUGMIRE des Princes crowd to its already down to 10 men by tag.q
AP Sports Writer feet with an astonishing
PARIS (AP) — Neymar was solo goal in injury time. He
in unstoppable form on his dribbled through a forest
home debut for Paris Saint- of bewildered defenders,
Germain, with the Brazil star changing direction and
scoring twice and playing rolling the ball off his foot
a role in the other four goals left and right in an almost
as PSG routed Toulouse 6-2 balletic display of skill and
to move top of the French balance, before calmly
league on Sunday. stroking the ball home as if
Neymar saved the best at a training session.
to last, bringing the Parc Neymar milked the ap-

Power tops Penske teammate

Newgarden for win at Pocono

By DAN GELSTON Team owner Roger Pen-
AP Sports Writer ske had a successful run at
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Pocono with the 1-2 finish,
Will Power held off Team and Simon Pagenaud was
Penske teammate Josef fourth and Helio Castro-
Newgarden on Sunday to neves seventh.
win the IndyCar race at “When one car wins, we
Pocono Raceway for the kind of all win,” Newgar-
second straight year. den said. Newgarden still
Power’s third win of the holds the series points lead
season gave his champi- as he tries to hold off vet-
onship run a serious boost erans Scott Dixon and Cas-
with three races left in the troneves and for his first
season. The Australian ral- career IndyCar champion-
lied from a lap down and ship. Power also won on the
made all the right moves road course at Indianapo-
over the final few laps to lis and the Texas Motor
cut off Newgarden and Speedway oval this season.
end the American’s bid for He has 32 career victories
three straight victories. to move into ninth place on
“I just picked people off IndyCar’s list. Power zipped
one by one. Just be smart, past Dario Franchitti and
You can never give up Paul Tracy on the list and is
in IndyCar because you two wins shy from catching
don’t know what can hap- Al Unser Jr. He was slowed
pen,” Power said. “We got early in the race when he
our lap back and made it was forced to pit to repair
to the front.” a broken wing. q