Bernard Morlino is a journalist and writer. In 2022, he published the album
100 legendary football matches
(Gründ, 192 p., €24.95).
PSG have a lot of money, and despite their financial windfall, the club fails to win the Champions League.
It's not random.
PSG are doing it wrong.
Its star-system policy has nothing to do with football, which above all demands the complementarity of the eleven starters, to which five players must be added, the number of substitutes tolerated.
Messi was winning everything at Barcelona thanks to Andrés Iniesta and Xavi, two caviar purveyors.
In Paris, he does not have the equivalent in the desert midfield of the capital.
You therefore need: a very good goalkeeper, very good defenders, very good receivers-relay players in the role of creators, and finally very good attackers in charge of finishing.
If only one position is left vacant, it is impossible to build a competitive team.
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In addition, you need substitutes almost as effective as the starters.
Then, it is necessary to have a technical framework at the height.
Instead of strengthening, the Parisians have weakened with the departures of Adrien Rabiot and Angel Di Maria, both now at Juventus Turin.
Qatar-style PSG is impatient: in 2011, everything started well with the appointment of Leonardo, sporting director who at the end of December 2011 had Carlo Ancelotti appointed to the coaching bench, in place of Antoine Kombouaré (2009-2011) - history to mark the arrival of the new management - but the Italian decided to leave for Real Madrid in 2013, finding it impossible to work as he wanted.
This immense trainer, with a gleaming track record, has never been well replaced.
Succeeded him:
Laurent Blanc (2013-2016), Spaniard Unai Emery (2016-2018), German Thomas Tuchel (2018-2020), Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino (2021-2022), Christophe Galtier since 2022… How can we hope to win the C1 2023 when we signed the coach who lost the final of the Coupe de France 2022, with Nice easily defeated by Nantes (0-1)?
Since arriving in L1 twelve years ago, PSG have exhausted seven coaches.
It is not with this bad habit that one can build a solid project.
This way of dismissing staff is never negatively commented on by the principals concerned because they all leave with a considerable sum of money.
Christophe Galtier since 2022… How can we hope to win the C1 2023 when we signed the coach who lost the final of the Coupe de France 2022, with Nice easily defeated by Nantes (0-1)?
Since arriving in L1 twelve years ago, PSG have exhausted seven coaches.
It is not with this bad habit that one can build a solid project.
This way of dismissing staff is never negatively commented on by the principals concerned because they all leave with a considerable sum of money.
Christophe Galtier since 2022… How can we hope to win the C1 2023 when we signed the coach who lost the final of the Coupe de France 2022, with Nice easily defeated by Nantes (0-1)?
Since arriving in L1 twelve years ago, PSG have exhausted seven coaches.
It is not with this bad habit that one can build a solid project.
This way of dismissing staff is never negatively commented on by the principals concerned because they all leave with a considerable sum of money.
is not with this bad habit that one can build a solid project.
This way of dismissing staff is never negatively commented on by the principals concerned because they all leave with a considerable sum of money.
is not with this bad habit that one can build a solid project.
This way of dismissing staff is never negatively commented on by the principals concerned because they all leave with a considerable sum of money.
Players who sign in Paris are mainly motivated by money.
Bernard Morlino
We don't build anything on the approximation, and football always emerges victorious from the great disappointments that PSG-Qatar collects in the Champions League since it is the trophy targeted with obsession.
When we know that Juventus Turin went to the C1 final nine times to bring back only two trophies, we are more aware of the difficulties that must be overcome in the biggest European competition that in France only OM won under the Bernard Tapie presidency.
Only one C1 (1993) since its creation… in 1956.
Players who sign in Paris are mainly motivated by money.
Messi came to PSG because Barcelona couldn't pay him anymore.
Neymar does not want to leave because no one can give him as much hard cash as his way of playing, his feet often off the ground, hence his recurring injuries.
"Football is the agreement of the foot with the ground"
, said Albert Camus.
Mbappé, meanwhile, stayed at PSG because Real Madrid didn't want to give him a salary higher than that offered by Paris.
Real Madrid is the real star of the Madrid club while Mbappé is placed above PSG.
It is obvious that the French would play at Real Madrid, if he had chosen the quality of play. In the biggest club in the world, he would evolve under the orders of ….
Carlo Ancelotti.
Karim Benzema is fully fulfilled there.
The former Lyon player is surrounded by confirmed players - Lucas Modric (Ballon d'or 2016) and Toni Kroos - who improve young people like Vinicius junior, and the two Frenchmen: Eduardo Cavaminga and Aurélien Tchouaméni.
PSG made a mistake: they had to recruit the Brazilian Vinicus Junior and not Neymar,
arrived in Paris in conquered territory with his name on the Eiffel Tower, an honor that General de Gaulle never had.
Great players must be recruited when they are in the making and not when they have already shone elsewhere.
If Mbappé is so strong why doesn't he win PSG in C1?
To tell the truth, the best French in activity remains Karim Benzema, Golden Ball in title.
And the best striker in the world today is Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
Benzema and the Norwegian are still qualified for C1 2023 while Messi, Neymar and Mbappé watch it on television.
the best French in activity remains Karim Benzema, Golden Ball title.
And the best striker in the world today is Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
Benzema and the Norwegian are still qualified for C1 2023 while Messi, Neymar and Mbappé watch it on television.
the best French in activity remains Karim Benzema, Golden Ball title.
And the best striker in the world today is Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
Benzema and the Norwegian are still qualified for C1 2023 while Messi, Neymar and Mbappé watch it on television.
