The great success of PSG against Nice (3-0), the second of the season, marks a new dynamic in a team that still has many problems to resolve.
Explanations.
Offensive efficiency rediscovered
Four days after having scored his first goal in three games against Metz (1-0), the Parisian attack has regained a rhythm more in line with its usual standards (136 goals in 48 games last season).
The influence of Kylian Mbappé in this rebound is undeniable.
But Angel Di Maria for his third match in eight days after contracting Covid-19, is the other key to the return to form of the vice-champions of Europe.
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“It's impressive,” says Thomas Tuchel.
Normally, we can't play three games in one session, we did it.
Angel did amazing stuff.
“The success of the two attackers does not mask the difficulties of Mauro Icardi, struggling in his movements and lacking precision in his face-to-face with Benitez (59th) or his recovery on the post (63rd).
While Paris is looking for a striker to strengthen the transfer window, the level of the center-forward recruited for 50 million euros at the end of May calls out.
Neymar, back in favor
Neymar served his second suspension match against Nice after the clash against Marseille.
The Brazilian will return to Reims on Sunday.
In his absence, Paris will have won its first two games of the season and is restoring a worrying accounting situation.
With him, he can capitalize in particular thanks to his association with Kylian Mbappé.
Asked after the success of Nice on the best position of the French, Thomas Tuchel replied with a pirouette.
"I like when he is close to Ney", smiled the German technician, aware of the preponderance of his duo (48 goals last season) in the success of his team.
A worrying defensive fever
The match against Nice is paradoxically the one where Paris conceded the most chances.
Keylor Navas was in great demand, being decisive ahead of Schneiderlin (19th), Rony Lopes (42nd), Atal (54th), Guessand (76th) and Gouiri (87th).
If the Marquinhos-Kimpembe duo is up to the task, the Parisian defense has suffered in particular on the sides.
Bakker ensures the position of left side where he is Tuchel's 4th choice but suffers as soon as the intensity increases.
On the right, Florenzi continues to shine with his qualities as a center but was struggling against the liveliness of Camara to whom he left too many spaces.
Not very reassuring for his second match with Paris.
A physical condition to refine
Paris completed a marathon of four matches in eleven days on the Côte d'Azur.
Idrissa Gueye, the only player to start them all, paid for it with an early exit.
A stroke of heat for Thomas Tuchel who was reassuring about the Senegalese's left ankle: “He took a hit, we don't think it's serious.
The seven players affected by Covid-19 and the suspensions of Neymar, Parades and Kurzawa are disrupting a small workforce, where reinforcements are long overdue.
The serious injury of full-back Juan Bernat, who will soon be operated on on his left knee and absent for six months, makes the situation very tense for players who have hardly cut since the start of preparation for Final 8. “C tis a phase where we suffer, we are really tired after the games, insists Tuchel.
But when you win, it's a good feeling.
This shows that we have not lost our state of mind, to suffer and to work together.
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