The agonizing 4-3 win over Lille at the Parc des Princes thanks to a Lionel Messi free-kick brought some peace and served to end a three-game losing streak. However, the climate inside Paris Saint Germain would not be the best.
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The three defeats in a row brought to light some fights within the Parisian team
As reported Florent Torchutone of the most informed day-to-day journalists of PSG, a good part of the ills of the French team lie from its bowels. “Paris is a cabaret”, he released bluntly when he was invited to participate in a program on the TyC Sports channel. His phrase did not go unnoticed among those present, such as former soccer player Nacho Fernández, who warned him that his words would rebound strongly in his country. “It doesn’t matter if it’s true,” the journalist remarked.
During the talk, Florent Torchut also pointed against the lack of experience and wrist of coach Christophe Galtier to manage a squad with international figures such as Gianluigi Donnaruma, Sergio Ramons, Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe, Achraf Hakimi, Marco Verratti, Neymar, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, among others.
“He is a coach who only trained in France, who has no experience. That he is over. Last year there was talk of Pochettino, who was a great player, who was at Tottenham, who is in the Premier League and was a bit overwhelmed by the management of the dressing room, imagine Galtier, “he shot when referring to the former Saint Etienne strategist, Lille and Nice.
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Newspapers like L’Equipe and Le Parisien were very critical of the performance of the world champion, who scored the winning goal for his team against Lille in stoppage time. And the Argentine fans counterattacked
Although Paris Saint Germain began the season by beating Nantes 4-0 for the French Super Cup, the institution’s great obsession is the Champions League, a tournament that has eluded it for several years and where it comes from suffering a hard blow when falling 1-0 at home against Bayern Munich for the first leg of the round of 16. Much of the future of the PSG squad will be defined at the Allianz Arena on March 8.
During this losing streak, the institution from the capital also lost the classic 2-1 against Olympique de Marseille and was eliminated from the French Cup. Where he does stand firm is in Ligue 1, a competition that has him as the leader with 57 points, five more than his escort Marseille, his rival this Sunday at the Stade Vélodrome.
With a great goal from Messi in stoppage time, PSG beat Lille 4-3 and established itself at the top of Ligue 1
The locals were up 2-0 with goals from Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, but the visiting team turned things around in the Parque de los Príncipes and went up 3-2. In the end, the number 7 of the Parisian team equalized and the Argentine star executed masterfully to achieve victory
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