After two "extraordinary results", PSG aims to "continue" this Tuesday (7pm), against Celtic. This is what Thomas Tuchel explained last Friday, after the card against the weak formation of Waasland-Beveren (7-0). A match that will have especially allowed the Parisian stars to frolic for 60 minutes on the lawn of the Parc des Princes. History to find rhythm, to store playing time and to perfect the automatisms after long months away from the field, coronavirus obliges. And this in order to ramp up until August 12 and this eagerly awaited quarter-final of the Champions League against Atalanta Bergamo, in Lisbon. Note that there should be a last test, on August 5 at the Parc des Princes, behind closed doors, before heading to Portugal on August 8, in Faro, for a three-day stadium. Indiscretion ofParisian .
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Before that, it will already be necessary to play the finals of the cups, the Coupe de la Ligue on July 31 against Lyon and the Coupe de France, this Friday, against Saint-Etienne. “We have the feeling that the team is very focused and benefits from working together,” says Tuchel. For the rest, we must admit that the capital club has hardly been tested in terms of play by Le Havre (9-0 victory) or the Belgian red lantern ...
Odsonne Edouard like at home
This may be more the case against the champions of Scotland on Tuesday. Odsonne Edouard (trained at Paris Saint-Germain), Olivier Ntcham, Christopher Jullien and company indeed represent a tougher opposition, at least on paper. They recently hooked Nice (1-1) before losing to OL (1-2) during the Friendly Tournament in Lyon. Remember that Scotland, like France, Belgium or the Netherlands, has definitively stopped its championship at the height of the health crisis.
“We always give intensity to training, we are serious in a match,” noted Tuchel, after Beveren. Whether we play Le Havre or Beveren, it's our goal to play the best game possible. If we are together, we give everything. I will still be waiting for that (this) Tuesday (against Celtic). Maybe we will only play 45 minutes (per player) to be fresh on Friday. " Or the same configuration as facing Le Havre.
Ultras expected at the turn
Besides football and physical aspects, this match against Celtic Glasgow will have several other issues / interests. In particular that of discovering the new "Hechter" jersey, as announced by Le Parisien . But also and above all ... in the stands. Widely criticized for their non-compliance with safety instructions, distances and wearing a mask, the Ultras are expected around the corner. "The best message to send is to be present and to respect barrier gestures," announces the president of the CUP, Romain Mabille, on the airwaves of RMC . It will show that even if there were hiccups in the first game, we are not irresponsible or marginalized. We are able to respect health instructions. ” Note that the Parisian Ultras have already announced that they will not go to the Stade de France for the finals.
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PSG-Celtic, it will also be for Thiago Silva the opportunity to tread, for the last time, the lawn of the Parc des Princes. The Brazilian captain will indeed leave the club in the capital at the end of the European campaign. Even before a small crowd (5000 people max in the Parisian enclosure), and while the high-stakes matches arrive, the emotion should be at the rendezvous for "O Monstro", recruited in 2012. Which Thiago Silva will keep from elsewhere his armband until the end of his stay in Paris. At least if he plays ...
Juan Bernat, the return?
A priori, no absentee to deplore for this last trial run, apart from Abdou Diallo, operated on the back and announced "in recovery". Juan Bernat? “I am optimistic for the game against Celtic. But it will be short for the final ”, indicates Tuchel, evoking a muscular glitch for the Spanish left back. Under these conditions, it is Layvin Kurzawa, absent at Le Havre but suitable for Beveren, who should start. One thing is certain: the staff will cross their fingers so as not to have to deplore new injuries. This is also one of the challenges ...
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