Ligue 1: Dijon makes history by defeating PSG 2-1 at home

Players of Dijon FCO celebrate in the game against Paris Saint-German at Stade Gaston Gerard, November 1, 2019. /VCG Photo

Paris Saint-Germain disappointed their fans again as the Ligue 1's leading club lost to No. 20, the last on the ranking table, Dijon FCO 2-1 at Stade Gaston Gerard on Friday.

Having played 11 games against the little brother from the southeast, PSG won 10 of them and the truth is, in their last three victories over Dijon, the scores were 4-0, 4-0 and 8-0 respectively.

Moreover, according to transfermarkt.com, the total value of Dijon is no more than 47.8 million euros (about 53.5 million U.S. dollars) and that is less than a quarter of the market price of PSG's Kylian Mbappe (200 million euros, about 224 million U.S. dollars).

Before the game began, most people had more interest in how many goals PSG could score than which teams would win.

Mauro Icardi of Paris Saint-Germain reacts to the team's 1-2 loss to Dijon FCO at Stade Gaston Gerard, November 1, 2019. /VCG Photo

And then PSG lost.

Though Mbappe broke the ice for PSG thanks to a pass by Angel Di Maria at the 19th minute, that was the only goal the French overlord had in this game. They played the first half in a quite lazy manner with only three shots. Since there was not enough pressure from the opponents, Dijon launched a counterstrike and tied the score 1-1 at the sixth minute of stoppage time, thanks to a goal by Mounir Chouiar.

Having been encouraged by the sudden goal, Dijon continued to make surprises in the second half. Jhonder Cadiz slashed into the box and managed to get rid of defense before scoring the second goal for his team with a low shot in less than two minutes of the second half.

It took several minutes for PSG to realize that they were actually trailing the No. 20 team of Ligue 1 in the game. The defending champion then launched crazy counter attacks including shooting 17 times in the second half. Nonetheless, none of their efforts could save them the shame. In the end, PSG had to accept their third loss of the season.

"It's football - anything is possible. This is not the first time that the side last in the standing has beaten the side in first - and it won't be the last time. I think we lost the game in the first half because we had three shots, compared to 17 in the second period - a big difference," said Thomas Tuchel, PSG's manager, after the game in an interview with Canal+.