Paris closed its week with a victory (4-3) over Bordeaux and it is one of the rare reasons for satisfaction of the funny streak that has just ended. This 21st success in 26 days allows PSG to pursue its only rider at the head of Ligue 1 and offered Edinson Cavani a triumph of Roman emperor for his 200th goal scored in the jersey of the capital's club. The return to grace of the Matador could also be the (good) big surprise of the start of 2020.
Because for the rest and especially the serenity, we will iron. There was indeed throughout the evening a mixture of annoyance or frank panic among players too quick to get out of their match. There was indeed a funny impression to see Neymar and Cavani receiving a warning just after the goal gag of Pablo came to counter a clearance from Rico. As if the referee Willy Delajod was the scapegoat for a dynamic that the players struggled to reverse. An impression confirmed by the expulsion of Neymar at the end of the match for a gross error on Adli and completely useless. As if the Parisians were losing both their nerves and the thread of their season.
Nine goals conceded in the last three games
The poor performance in Dortmund on Tuesday (2-1) then the very discreet birthday party of Cavani, Icardi and Di Maria, which led the sporting director Leonardo to invite himself to the Camp des Loges for a firm explanation of text , has left in recent days an impression of floating still palpable on the ground. It was materialized by the few whistles that accompanied the name of Thomas Tuchel when the teams were announced, then by two banners in the Auteuil tribune. “Kombouaré, Ginola, Rai, it was the rage to win. Neymar, Mbappé, Silva ,; fear of winning? Wear your balls ”, could we read at the start of the match before a tarp gave an appointment on March 11 to find out if the players were“ worthy of wearing our colors ”. Atmosphere. On the ground, supporters also noted that "Operation Dortmund" launched against the Girondins did not start under the best auspices. To start with Thilo Kehrer, called to compensate for the suspension of Meunier. For his first tenure to the right of the defense in a year, the German started with a big mistake on Kalu and had all the trouble in the world to find his marks. To the chagrin of his teammates who often called him to order. To see his marking error on the opening of Hwang (0-1, 18th) on the other hand, Kehrer did not need anyone.
A performance all the more worrying as the glitches accumulate in defense (injuries of Thiago Silva, Dagba or Herrera, resumption postponed for Diallo). A crucial area when Paris has just conceded nine goals in three games and deplores eleven at home in L1, more than over the whole of last season (10). A lack of rigor which will not always be compensated by an avalanche of goal.
MATCH SHEET
PSG 4-3 Bordeaux
Half-time: 2-2.
Spectators: 44,000.
Arbitrator: M. Delajod.
Goals. PSG: Cavani (25th), Marquinhos (45th + 2 and 63rd), Mbappé (69th). Bordeaux: Hweng (18th), Pablo (45th + 5), Pardo (83rd).
Warnings. PSG: Cavani (45th + 5), Neymar (45th + 5 and 90th + 2), Gueye (56th), Kimpembe (85th). Bordeaux: Kwateng (45th + 2), Basic (64th).
Expulsion: Neymar (90th + 2).
PSG: Rico - Kehrer, Thiago Silva (cap.) (Gueye, 17th), Kimpembe, Bernat - Di Maria (Sarabia, 75th), Marquinhos, Verratti, Neymar - Cavani (Icardi, 76th), Mbappé. Entr. : T. Tuchel.
Bordeaux: Costil (cap.) - Koscielny, Pablo, Benito - Kwateng (Pardo, 46th), Basic (Adli, 70th), Otavio, Sabaly - Hwang (Maja, 78th), De Préville, Kalu. Entr. : P. Sousa.