He Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is going through a nightmare present in the second part of the season. The fine tuning displayed by Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe y Neymar in the first semester he predicted the great possibility of winning the UEFA Champions Leaguebut the 1-0 loss against Bayern Munich ended a long undefeated streak in the Princes Parkwhich deepens the plateau of performance shown by the cast of the capital.
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The 2-1 loss against Olympique de Marseille set a precedent that ended a run against the classic rival. A few days after the match against Bayern Munich, the leader of Ligue 1 is going through the worst moment of the season
The last defeat at home had been on April 28, 2021 for the first meeting of the semifinal played against Manchester City for the Champions League. 657 days and 42 games in regular time passed from that score (in the middle they lost on penalties against Nice for the French Cup) until one of the favorites to win the tournament kept a precious victory in order to get their ticket to the quarterfinals. However, this is just a continuation of the poor results that haunt the leader of Ligue 1.
The arrival of Christophe Galtier rather Mauricio Pochettino It had been a breath of fresh air and a change of scheme, which would explain in large part the success of that semester. The 4-3-3 used by Poch jumped to a 3-4-2-1 with a great responsibility in the lanes Achrafi Hakimi y Nuno Mendes. The balance could not be better. They did not lose in the 22 games played and registered a total of 18 victories with more than 60 goals scored and less than twenty goals conceded..
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
His fire power in the offense was located in the fearsome trident made up of Neymar, Mbappé and the figure of the last World Cup event. Their preponderance is crucial because they have scored 35 of the 55 goals at home, while the South Americans are the leaders in assists with 10 each. The three of them just met again on a court on January 29 in a 1-1 draw against Reims. Previously, PSG he had registered the first two defeats of the cycle against Lens and Rennes.
the next game, Neymar did not play due to muscular fatigue and Kylian Mbappe retired in the first half of the victory against Montpellier -a lesser rival who is fighting relegation- due to a thigh injury in his left leg. The obligation fell on Lionel Messiwho scored the second goal of that game, but suffered the number of casualties along with the entire squad.
Mbappe He joined a long list of players who stayed on the sidelines as Presnel Kimpembe, Renato Sanches y Nordi Mukiele for various inconveniences that have afflicted them so far in a season in which they marked a paradigmatic change. The scarcity of variants in all lines forced a positional modification, since he returned to defend with four defenders in some matches that took place after the World Cup.
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These forced changes added to the strange sale of Pablo Sarabia al Wolverhamptona low offensive used as a refreshment with Hugo Ekitike to rest the fantastic three. “We have to strengthen ourselves. We should bring a different attacking player from what we have now.”, Galtier had asked in the last days of the market. Mindful of this, the leadership, in charge of Nasser Al-Khelaifi had agreed arrival of Judge Ziyech from Chelsea, but the transfer fell through due to a paperwork mismatch.
This situation overloaded the responsibilities in Ekitike and gave a greater role to the youth of the quarry. Ilyes Houseni He had to go out on the pitch at the age of 17, but these examples abound in all lines. The central El Chadaille Bitshiabu (17) and the midfielder Ismail Gharbi (18) had more minutes, the right back Timothée Pembele (20) began to be taken into account in the calls and Warren Zaire-Emery (16) He took the position in the middle of the field from players of the stature of Fabian Ruiz (26) y vitinha (23). The football slumps of different footballers and the lack of experience at key moments was paid for in the return to competition with 5 losses in the first 12 games after the World Cup.
His wins against promotion teams such as Chateauroux y Kassel country For the French Cup they did not manage to make up the 1-3 against Lens and the 0-1 against Rennes. Without Mbappe and with Messi touched, the powerful cast of the capital was eliminated in the round of 16 of that contest in the classic played with the Olympic Marseille. With the duel against Bayern Munich just around the corner, the 56-year-old coach saved Messi for the match against Monaco. Juveniles like Bitshiabu y Pembele they committed youthful sins that conditioned the team’s second defeat in a row. The level of the opponents is not lower because the adverse markers have occurred against teams located in the Top 6 of the local tournament.
The defensive cracks marked that the PSG conceded 15 goals in 12 games, the same number of goals he had conceded throughout the first half. The return of Mbappe in the complement for the round of 16 of the Champions League did not prevent the third consecutive fall, something that had not happened in the same course since 2011. The bad restart of the season dynamited the good start of Galtier, who could play his future in office on March 8 at the Allianz Arenabut first he must recover the essence that led him to this instance and return to the group the scoring power that he held in his lead to feed the dream of the first orejona.
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