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Watch Neymar Assist Marquinhos For PSG Goal As Brazil Duo Look To Put World Cup Heartbreak Behind Them

PSG star Marquinhos scored on his return to club soccer less than three weeks after his World Cup campaign ended in penalty heartbreak. Neymar got the assist.

Robert Summerscales

Watch Neymar Assist Marquinhos For PSG Goal As Brazil Duo Look To Put World Cup Heartbreak Behind Them
Watch Neymar Assist Marquinhos For PSG Goal As Brazil Duo Look To Put World Cup Heartbreak Behind Them /

Marquinhos scored on his return to club soccer less than three weeks after his World Cup campaign ended in penalty heartbreak.

The defender failed to convert a spot-kick as Brazil were beaten by Croatia in a penalty shootout at the quarter-final stage of Qatar 2022.

Brazil captain Neymar was pictured in tears after that game.

But Neymar and Marquinhos were both all smiles on Wednesday night after combining to give Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 lead over Strasbourg at the Parc des Princes.

Marquinhos headed home from a Neymar free-kick 14 minutes into the game.

Marquinhos pictured celebrating after scoring for PSG against Strasbourg in December 2022
Marquinhos pictured celebrating after scoring for PSG against Strasbourg :: IMAGO/HMB-Media/Joaquim Ferreira

Marquinhos was brought back down to earth with a bump early in the second half when his own goal made it 1-1.

The center-back deflected a cross past PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 51st minute.

Neymar's night then took a significant turn for the worse too when he was sent off for the fifth time in his PSG career.

Less than two minutes after picking up his first yellow card for catching Adrien Thomasson in the face with a flailing arm, Neymar collected his second booking for an awful dive in the penalty area.

Kylian Mbappe also started for PSG, playing his first game since scoring a hat-trick for France against Argentina in the World Cup final.

And it was Mbappe who had the final word by winning and converting a penalty kick deep into added time.

PSG's 2-1 victory saw them move eight points clear of Lens at the top of Ligue 1.

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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.