PSG is faithful to the meeting. The defending French champion qualified on the Lyon field for the final of the Coupe de France. A habit for the record holder of success in the test (12) which will play on April 25 at the Stade de France his sixth final in a row against the winner of Saint-Etienne - Rennes which takes place this Thursday. The opportunity to take revenge after the failure on penalties, last year against the Bretons and to return to success the year of its fifty years.
This success in a poster that we will find for the final of the League Cup on April 4, however, has nothing of the triumph that the score reveals. This duel between the two best French teams of the moment has long been undecided. He finally rocked shortly after the hour of play when the hand of Marçal caused his expulsion and the penalty transformed by Neymar (1-2, 64th). What relieve the Parisians and stifle any hope of return of Gones. But beyond the accounting result, the PSG service is difficult to read. A week before the Champions League round of 16 return to Dortmund, we did not see the dress rehearsal that Thomas Tuchel himself had called for the day before the match. The Parisian coach participated greatly in this disorder by replacing Kehrer in the axis alongside Marquinhos who had abandoned the midfielder.
A game of hat not ideal for running in automatisms while the German defender has immense chances to face Borussia to the right of the defense due to the suspension of Meunier. This decisive match that Paris should this time play with Neymar even if the shadow of the injury reappeared at the break when the Brazilian limped back to the locker room.
The midfielder has often taken water
He finally came back into play to continue a very poor match. His penalty is not enough to make him forget his physical difficulties, his unusual technical waste and his blatant lack of inspiration. Worryingly, its partners have done little to reassure their supporters.
Faced with Lyonnais who had just linked two successes against Juventus Turin (1-0) and in the derby against Saint-Etienne (2-0), the men of Thomas Tuchel questioned a lot by their attitudes. Kurzawa's feverishness, Paredes' weak propensity to play forwards or Cavani's difficulties, whose volley on the post was the only flash of the evening (43rd) challenged.
In an environment that has often taken to the water, the Paredes-Gueye association, an option for Dortmund due to Verratti's suspension, has not given any great guarantees either. Neither in impact nor in construction. Enough to bring water to the Tuchel mill which loves to play with Marquinhos in the inter-game during major European events.
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Paris only has the match in Strasbourg on Saturday (5:30 p.m.) to refine its mechanisms before THE shock of the year. A match where the lack of involvement observed against Lyon will inevitably be more penalizing.
