Anger, resignation, fatalism, regrets but also still hopes, however small.
Neymar's new injury, which occurred Wednesday night in Caen, arouses mixed feelings at the club as among its main supporters, the supporters of PSG.
The number 10 will miss, this Saturday (5 pm) against Nice, a 75th meeting due to health problems since his arrival in Paris in August 2017. In Barcelona, the subject was, however, eluded by Ronald Koeman during his press conference on the eve of the Alavés reception, this Saturday at 9 p.m. at Camp Nou.
“I don't think Neymar is an Alavés player,” explains the Dutch coach.
I'm not talking about Paris and I'm not talking about Neymar.
It will be for Monday ”, on the eve of the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League.
In the meantime, the absence of Neymar agitates the PSG galaxy, upset on all levels.
Offensive Pochettino
All eyes have been on the new PSG coach since Wednesday evening, some of whom are guilty of having aligned his star against Caen, one evening when his presence was not necessarily necessary.
“The injury took place in the Coupe de France, but it could have taken place in training or in Ligue 1, objected the Argentine coach at a press conference this Friday at the Loges camp.
Injury happens.
It happened in Caen, it's bad luck.
"
By the way, he puts all his heart to correct the image of the Brazilian, who would not be injured only by chance.
His lifestyle is a problem at the club, it is an open secret.
"Neymar is a very professional, insists
.
Every day he shows his commitment to the club and to his partners.
I would like it to be based on the facts and not on an external perception.
“Remains that the technician does not lament, not accusing the referees or Ligue 1, unlike his predecessor Thomas Tuchel, who in such a case was looking for excuses.
The German even spread the idea that without Neymar, his team hardly had the means to get by.
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Coué method or not, feeling of guilt or not, Pochettino remains upright in his boots and announces that the best will play against Nice.
He wants to show no fear or feeling of panic as the knockout stage of the Champions League approaches on February 16 in Barcelona.
Some of these peaks are played upstream in communication.
Pochettino does not let the doubt invade the club.
Doubtful players
Marquinhos, the captain visiting children in a hospital in Poissy (Yvelines), is united with his boss, declaring on France Bleu: “Football is a collective game.
You need a team, a collective, more than one player or the other.
These positive vibes don't really cross the locker room.
If his partners are initially unhappy for Neymar, they also blame PSG, which has done nothing since 2017 to change the Brazilian star and his sense of celebration.
On February 5, he privately celebrated his birthday.
On the 7th, he was a replacement in Marseille, officially suffering from gastroenteritis.
On Wednesday he was injured.
A sequence that reminds others and that annoys internally.
Everyone knows that the team does not have the same performance with or without him.
Especially since this season, some executives are skeptical about the strength of the eleven type compared to previous years, especially the last.
The unavailability of Neymar never falls well but this time it is even worse in the eyes of the group.
The supporters believe in it moderately
Morale sapped, fans still want to believe it.
Alexandre Nadjar, member of the Ultras Paris Collective and host of the @Parisdanslapeau Instagram page, remains optimistic.
“I don't blame Pochettino, develops the quadra.
Neymar had to replay, even against a Ligue 2, before February 16.
Our team does not rely on a single player or even two with the absence of Angel Di Maria.
Barcelona are not at their best.
Everything is possible.
This hope does not reside in Fred, forty years in the stands of Boulogne as a subscriber.
“I am very disgusted !, laments the professional designer.
It is a huge blow.
There was a bad management of the coach for a 32nd final of the Coupe de France.
It will be very hard in Barcelona without Neymar or Di Maria.
It will simply be necessary to limit the breakage.
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Pascal Gouraud sums up the two opinions, between incomprehension and waiting for better days. “We didn't need him for the Cup. There are more precedents at this time of year, confides the supporter, in his fifties. Pochettino assumes his choice but at best, he had to stay on the bench in Caen. Now our fingers are crossed. Barcelona are in need of defense, but Messi. I really hope Keylor Navas will be in the goal. The three major injuries in the last two games - Di Maria, Verratti, Neymar - give the fans the impression of living a day without end. There is still one match left this Saturday, against Nice.
