Two games, two losses, zero goals scored.
This is the sad record of the Parisian champions of France after their first two matches of the season in the league.
Never seen since the 1978-1979 fiscal year!
And inevitably, the court of social networks is having a blast.
"It smells very bad for Thomas Tuchel", "You have to go sir, you are in denial", "Thomas Tuchel is no longer in charge" ... Journalists, consultants or simple football fans, the comments are unrestrained.
Three weeks ago, Paris Saint-Germain (with their coach) laid the groundwork for future success by reaching the Champions League final.
Now he is in crisis.
So goes the life of the most followed club in France.
close the ears
And the German coach will have to cover his ears in the coming days, because it may not get better.
Not immediately.
"Now we will suffer," he predicted Sunday, after the defeat against Marseille (0-1), thinking of the upcoming suspensions of the three excluded players, Layvin Kurzawa, Leandro Paredes and Neymar.
The disciplinary committee will decide.
She could show leniency with the Brazilian, if the latter's accusations against Marseille's Alvaro Gonzalez are confirmed.
"Son of a ... monkey," he would have launched.
Kurzawa, him, incurs seven games of suspension.
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All while the Parisian transfer window starts slowly (Icardi, Rico, Florenzi), with a priori little means, and that several players are still concerned by the Covid-19 (Mbappé, Marquinhos, Icardi).
Not to mention that the group has only just resumed competition, after the extended European campaign and a week of vacation.
Paris is still running in, in the preparation phase, even if the season has already taken hold, it is a fact.
So many parameters to take into account and mitigating circumstances.
"We must accept that things are not easy"
Thomas tuchel
Moreover, as Presnel Kimpembe pointed out before the Classic, the heads are perhaps still also in Lisbon… On Wednesday, it will nevertheless already be time to put on the warmth, against Metz, then in Nice on Sunday.
"We must accept that things are not easy", defends the Bavarian technician, encouraging observers to "separate the performance and the result".
Because Tuchel, he saw an “exceptional performance” of his family, “individually and collectively”, “a great match in view of the circumstances”.
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He is the only one.
No idea in the game, no or few chances, nerves fragile ... Certainly, Paris dominated the debates, against OM and even in Lens.
Hold-up every time.
Moreover, the man of the match was named Steve Mandanda on Sunday.
But the account is not there.
In terms of the balance sheet, but above all in the content, the attitude.
"Bad luck," Tuchel promises, imagining a bright future: "If we continue like this, we will have the results.
A disconnected, lunar speech, which does not help to strengthen its rating.
Bad fortune ...
The expected returns of Marquinhos, Mauro Icardi and Keylor Navas, perhaps as early as Wednesday, will do good.
That of Kylian Mbappé, even more.
The Red and Blue will in any case have to make good heart against bad luck and change gear against Metz and Nice.
Because in Paris more than elsewhere, each defeat smacks of crisis.
Regardless of the context, the circumstances.
And the situation could quickly become untenable.
Especially for Tuchel, who has never been in the small papers of Leonardo ... And this even after the best season in the history of the club, with a raid on the national scene and the final in the Champions League.
"What happened outside was also of a nature, I have the impression, to heat up spirits on the pitch"
Roxana maracineanu
Good news ?
Newcomer Alessandro Florenzi, defector from AS Roma on Friday, made a remarkable debut on Sunday, in his new garden.
THE good note of a very dull evening, like a Classic which was not a great promotion for football.
On the field, or outside.
"What happened outside was also of a nature, I have the impression, to heat the spirits on the grounds", notes the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, "shocked" and "indignant" by the banners of the Parisian Ultras and making a link with the rain of boxes (17, including five expulsions) Sunday evening.
When everything is bad ... In short, an evening to forget in all areas.
Except in Marseille, where we will cherish the memory for a long time.
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Nine years that the Olympian people waited for a success against the Parisian rival, after twenty unsuccessful attempts.
Ten years for Marseille's last victory in Paris.
“Historical”, summarizes André Villas-Boas.
“PSG is only waiting for a cup, the Champions League.
You can't spend a billion and a half and not win the Champions League, squeaks the OM coach.
It's hard, what PSG expects.
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For now, a victory against the modest FC Metz would be enough to calm the fire smoldering around the Rouge et Bleu.
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