PSG did not go far from the "perfect" evening this Wednesday evening in Normandy.
With the qualification for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France (1-0 victory at the expense of Caen) and the resting of some executives, Mauricio Pochettino and his assistants had almost ticked all the right boxes.
Almost ... because shortly before the hour mark, Neymar left the field alone without waiting to discuss with the medical staff.
Visibly affected in the adductors after a race along the sideline, the Brazilian preferred to stop the charges.
Obviously, we can not help but be worried six days before the trip to Barça, for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
A package from Neymar, after that of Angel Di Maria, would considerably weaken PSG and recall the configuration of 2019 where he had traveled very light (without Ney and Cavani) to Manchester United.
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Fortunately, we are not there and there is still some time for Parisian number 10 to regain all of his physical capacities.
His exit from the field was heartbreaking for two reasons.
Because if Neymar made a bad Neymar in the first period, he put his head right side up after the break to offer Kean an assist.
The Italian rarely disappoints when called upon and the same cannot be said of Draxler or Danilo.
Without its master to play, Paris has lost its compass a little and almost got caught on two occasions.
The Cup holder owed his salvation to a rescue from Florenzi in his area and a clumsiness from Zady Seri.
Dozens of guests in the boxes
We cannot even say that PSG could have killed the suspense earlier as it was stingy on clear opportunities, with the exception of a face-to-face lost again by Kean (52nd).
This was already the case over a first period poor in animation and it was verified thereafter.
As often since the beginning of the year, and already under the Tuchel era, PSG experienced the worst difficulties to find the key in the face of a five-a-side defense.
Impatient and unable to touch their attacking midfielders between the lines, the Parisians rarely unbalanced the Caen defense.
Draxler could have but the German's head fled the frame.
Opposite, Stade Malherbe, 11th in Ligue 2, quickly forgot its complexes finding the frame twice and grazing a penalty just before half-time.
Finally, the referee decided to sanction Steeve Yago for a simulation but, at that time, Paredes, author of the contact, was not leading.
A real hot shot for Paris in the polar cold.
And enough to make an empty stadium shiver.
Finally empty… not totally.
In fact, in the midst of a pandemic, and despite the 6 p.m. curfew, dozens of guests were able to attend the meeting, glass in hand, from the boxes of the Michel-d'Ornano stadium.
Before the meeting, we could even see the new president of Stade Malherbe, Olivier Pickeu, giving a speech in the middle of this assembly, half of which was not masked.
It is difficult to ignore them as their support for their team was loudly manifested at certain points in the game.
We have the closed doors that we want to allow ourselves.