PSG ended its “mini-championship” this Saturday evening against its three direct opponents for the Ligue 1 title and one of three places in the Champions League: Lille, Lyon and Monaco.
By bowing against the Northerners (1-0) at the Parc des Princes, the club of the capital will end these direct confrontations with the worst record of the four teams in the battle, with 4 points taken out of 18 possible ... If the PSG does not is not a champion, he will know where to find the lost points.
On the positive side: a brilliant victory in Lyon, just before the break (4-2), and a draw torn from Lille (0-0) in December thanks, in particular, to a memorable tackle from Presnel Kimpembe.
On the negative side: two defeats against Monaco (2-3, 0-2), one against OL (0-1) and, therefore, a new one against LOSC this Saturday (0-1).
Four defeats against the "big ones", including three at the Parc des Princes, is too much for a club claiming a 10th French title.
“It's disappointing, blows the captain, Marquinhos, at the microphone of Canal +.
It's kind of our negative point this season, we've had some ups and downs.
(…) We had to be stronger at home.
Many teams have come to win here this year, which was not in our habit.
We have to take it back in hand.
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To win in Paris, three weeks after leaving the 16th arrondissement with a rouste (3-0) and an elimination in the eighth-finals of the Coupe de France, Christophe Galtier explains part of his recipe: “To jostle them, he We had to show that face, not that of the Coupe de France.
PSG must be left as little space as possible.
I analyzed their great performance in Lyon.
Obviously that PSG has important stakes and that we can think of the stake of Bayern and the Champions League… There were important absentees, in particular Marco Verratti.
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Of the four losses conceded against Lyon, Lille and Monaco, the Italian started only once.
Is this sufficient to explain the routs?
Probably not.
Marquinhos, whose absence seemed to weigh heavily during the defeats against Monaco (2-3) and Lyon (0-1), was on the pitch against the same Monaco (0-1) and Lille (0-1) at the Parc of the Princes.
“There are plenty of circumstances that explain it,” sighs Pochettino.
We can't find the regularity we want.
These are not excuses, but it affects us.
We have ups and downs that cause this lack of regularity ”.
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“We put aggression, not malice but aggressiveness in this war for the title, summarizes the Lille defender José Fonte.
To beat PSG, you have to put this ingredient, it is essential.
Perhaps all that the club of the capital lacked on these meetings.