It was a tough fall of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) against Bayern Munich 1-0 at home, in the first leg for the round of 16 of the Champions League. Before their people, the French team could not find a way around a game in which the Germans did enough to win and now they will define the series at home. Faced with this panorama, part of the French press was very critical and one of those targeted was Lionel Messi.
PSG lost to Bayern Munich in France and complicated their qualification in the Champions League
Coman scored the goal in the Parque de los Príncipes for the German team. The rematch of the round of 16 will be played in Germany on March 8
In his usual rating after each match, the newspaper The team I use them a 3 to Messi, one point less than the goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who was responsible for Kingsley Coman’s goal, which defined the lawsuit. “First he made a difference one on one. With little support, being controlled by the mark of two or three men. Result: minimal influence on the game and no danger until the entry of Mbappé”, justified the medium, positioning the contribution of the Frenchman above.
The curious thing is that, without having had one of the most outstanding games in his career, La Pulga was killed in those last 15 minutes in which PSG cornered their opponent. He had a clear opportunity in front of the goal, which was not a goal because Benjamin Pavard intervened, and the French defender himself applied a brutal kick, which earned him the expulsion.
Regarding Donnaruma, they stated that “his team did not need him to lose this game. However, this is what happened in Coman’s recovery, he let her go under him when he has the gloves on”.
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The defender also “removed” a 3 Ashraf Hakimi, the youthful flyer Warren Zaire-Emery (16 years old), midfielder Marco Verratti (they called him “apathetic”), the striker Neymar and the coach Christophe Galtier: “Rarely has a PSG team delivered a first half so tasteless in the Champions League. Mbappé’s entry and the few adjustments made in the second half allowed his team to finish better, but they did not prevent defeat, ”they argued.
The highest scores were for the full backs marquinhos y Sergio Ramosboth with 6. The average of the PSG cast was 3,9according to the aforementioned sports portal.
On the other hand, The Parisian He focused his main article on the present of PSG, which added its third straight defeat in three competitions. “Paris on the brink of emptiness. This defeat can change the scenery of the Parisian season, now waiting for the Champions League, practically eliminated, and in full internal reflection, driven by an anger that will not necessarily be a good adviser, ”he assured.
Lionel Messi was injured and is a doubt for the Champions League match between PSG and Bayern Munich
This was anticipated by the French portals. The Argentine will be absent from the duel against Monaco this weekend
“This third defeat considerably weakens the position of Christophe Galtierbecause he is a coach who does not win, in charge of a team that expresses itself badly and for which he can no longer find a solution to change it ”, he added.
“This is not the project we were solda team made up of stars and with an offensive vocation, pushing forward, ”said the site of the capital.
The disappointment is great in Paris because it is a team full of international stars and that in an ideal formation has a fearsome trident with Messi, Neymar and Mbappé himself, who entered the complement after recovering with just enough from an injury .
Winning their first Champions League is the great objective of PSG, which has been the reference team in France, but wants to become the second in that country to win the most important club title in the Old World, after the one achieved three decades ago by the Olympique de Marseille.
To emulate that milestone, PSG will now have to win in Germany to overcome a series that currently has them down. The rematch will be on Wednesday, March 8 in Munich.
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