Unfortunately for the Cameroon international, it mainly revolves around whether he’s guilty of arguably the worst miss to ever grace the beautiful game.
With Kylian Mbappe rested for the visit of Strasbourg, Choupo-Moting started for PSG in a game that would have seen the Ligue 1 leaders crowned champions had they won. The 30-year-old made a great start too, scoring the opening goal at the Parc des Princes.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting not only prevented his PSG teammate’s shot from going in but also failed to score himself from less than a yard out against Strasbourg. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images
Then came Choupo-Moting’s moment of madness. Breaking into the right-hand side of the Strasbourg box, teammate Christopher Nkunku delicately chipped the ball over the onrushing goalkeeper.
With the ball slowly advancing towards the open net, Choupo-Moting sensed an opportunity to not only ensure PSG retook the lead but add to his own tally along the way. Except, it didn’t quick work out that way with the 30-year-old’s clumsy touch taking the ball away from the goal and onto the post. Yet somehow Choupo-Moting had managed to not only deny Nkunku a great goal but also hit the post from the goal line, in a blunder unlike any seen before.
Is Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting’s open goal miss for PSG the worst of all time?
The Strasbourg went on to take the lead before a late PSG goal rescued a draw for the hosts who will have to wait another week to be crowned champions. Mbappe and PSG’s manager Thomas Tuchel came out in support of the misfiring striker.
«I think he’s lacking confidence. He’s not here to start every game but he is at the moment because we have a lot of injuries,” Tuchel said. «It’s not his role. He’s a great substitute.» «Big up to Choupo-Moting. I have missed a lot more than you have this season, we stay united as a group and we will support you until the end,” Mbappe wrote on Twitter.
Choupo-Moting spent one season in the Premier League with Stoke, scoring five goals in 32 games for the Potters who were relegated that summer.
