If Paris were superstitious, he would have seen this as a sign.
Half of the PSG workforce spent an hour stuck in an elevator before being rescued by firefighters on Tuesday evening.
This Wednesday evening, the success was not more Parisian in a spectacular meeting won by RB Leipzig (2-1), 79 days after the semi-final of the Champions League (3-0 for PSG).
The capital club recorded a second defeat in the group stage for the first time since returning to competition in 2012, in the wake of the takeover by Qatar.
After a promising first half, he broke down and finished nine.
Thanks to Basaksehir Istanbul's surprise victory against Manchester United (2-1), the situation is not as bad as it could be, but PSG will play the second leg against Leipzig without a net in three weeks at the Parc des Princes. .
He will have to win and change the particular goal difference in order to still hope to finish in the lead.
Deprived of Mbappé and Neymar, Paris achieved its most intense half-hour of the season, before sinking in the face of its current limits and an opponent who was put together by Julian Nagelsmann and determined to put in place his overused methodology during the Final 8.
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Pulled by Kean, pushed by Marquinhos, PSG gave back blow for blow to the Germans to steal balloons, counter as high as possible the fast play.
His three biggest chances came from the pressing of Kean, Di Maria and Herrera.
With the key two goal balls (6th and 9th) and a penalty (15th) in the feet of Angel Di Maria, for only one achievement in the key, on the first of these duels.
Too little, even if an extraordinary parade completed by a rescue of Florenzi had reminded the danger (8th).
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The result was much more in line with the available workforce of PSG.
As soon as the Parisian net slackened, the young bulls turned into sardines to slide by schools to the Parisian surface.
The end of the first period when PSG fell back was logically sanctioned by Nkunku (42nd).
In a second, more disjointed period, Paris lost the thread.
Less compact, he was punished on a long ball from Angelino touched with the hand by Kimpembe, still caught by the VAR.
Gueye's expulsion in the wake, then that of Kimpembe at the end of the match, and Tuchel's nervousness on his bench illustrate the impotence that animated PSG.
Third in the group, condemned to a near-faultless, the manager did not lighten the context by exposing his moods on the eve of the match.
Paris will therefore move forward on a wire and at loggerheads, the configuration that sometimes succeeds him the best.
In three weeks, he will be better armed, despite the suspensions of the two expelled of the day.
Neymar, Mbappé, Icardi and Verratti should be back in the group, Paredes and Kehrer will be able to start.
These men and the intensity of the first period will not be too much to redress the situation.
Match sheet
Half-time:
1-1.
Behind closed doors.
Referee: M. Marciniak (Pol).
Goals.
RB Leipzig: Nkunku (42nd), Forsberg (57th, sp).
PSG: Di Maria (6th).
Warnings.
Leipzig: Upamecano (15th), Konaté (25th).
PSG: Kimpembe (19th, 90th + 5), Gueye (37th, 69th).
Kurzawa (67th).
Expulsions: Gueye (69th), Kimpembe (90th + 5).
RB Leipzig:
Gulasci (cap.) - Orban, Upamecano, Konaté - Mukiele (Heinrichs, 64th), Sabitzer (Kampl, 90th), Haidara (Adams, 76th), Angeliño - Nkunku, Olmo (Poulsen, 63rd), Forsberg (Kluivert , 76e).
Entr.
:
Nagelsmann.
PSG:
Navas - Florenzi (Rafinha, 84th), Danilo, Kimpembe, Kurzawa (Bakker, 73rd) - Gueye, Marquinhos (cap.), Herrera - Di Maria, Kean, Sarabia (Kehrer, 73rd).
Entr.
:
Tuchel.
