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PSG-Reims: "the Fantastic 4", from the super concept to the super flop

2021-05-16T10:14:25.546Z


The poster was beautiful, but it did not hold: Neymar, Mbappé, Di Maria and Icardi have only played three games together this season, all


This is the ultimate representation of the Fantastic 4 at the Parc des Princes.

If Mauricio Pochettino decides, Angel Di Maria, Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and Mauro Icardi will play against Reims a last game together.

Afterwards, the Brazilian will be suspended against Monaco or Brest depending on whether Paris appeals or not, not to mention a possible muscle glitch for the club's last week of competition.

That's the problem with these four.

Bringing them together is already a challenge.

Facing the Champenois, their association would advance as the fourth only of the entire season, all competitions combined.

The third under Mauricio Pochettino, who made them start in L1 against Montpellier (4-0, January 22) then in Lorient (3-2, January 31), a victory then a defeat that did not make him want to see them since.

Before, Tuchel saw this only once, in Reims (0-2, September 25), before giving up his seat to the Argentinian.

This is to say if this blockbuster of the "Fantastic 4" sounds like a flop, a story that has not met its audience, in this case two recognized coaches.

This observation says well enough that the idea should not be so good.

Little inclined to defensive work

In the Champions League in 2021, Neymar and Di Maria were first injured against Barcelona and then Icardi not in the coach's plans against Bayern before Mbappé missed the exit at the Etihad Stadium because of his calves.

However, the band of four sticks perfectly to the pattern of Pochettino, this 4-2-3-1 which offers four places in attack.

But like his predecessor Thomas Tuchel, the Argentinian came up against their weak taste for defensive work, crippling at the high level.

Above all, Icardi seems incompatible with the game of quick attacks advocated by the coach.

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In the big matches, the former technician of Tottenham will have preferred Julian Draxler to him, not to mention the emergence of Moise Kean, ultra-efficient before his episode of Covid in early March. The German will stay, Neymar too. Icardi is on sale and Mbappé might like the idea of ​​a change of scenery. This Sunday may be their last ensemble at the Parc des Princes but maybe also their last one.

Source: leparis

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