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With Messi, PSG would line up a galactic attack

2021-08-07T05:06:45.481Z


Led by the Argentinian, Neymar, Mbappé and Di Maria, the PSG attack would become one of the most exciting and fantastic in the history of


We will have to find players to run a bit!

With Lionel Messi and imagining that Mauricio Pochettino retains his organization with four attackers - he loves this 4-2-3-1 system used until the semi-final first leg of the Champions League last season against Manchester City (1 -2) -, the coach will need to find the best balance to defend and activate when the ball is lost.

However, this volume, neither Neymar, nor Mbappé, nor Di Maria have it or want to show it.

As for Messi, he walks when Barcelona lose the ball, refusing to pretend but history has forgiven him, considering what he does when he gets it back.

Still, the three current attackers of PSG move little to make withdrawals, often leaving their team cut in two, with a defensive block struggling one on one with the opposing attackers.

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So much for the (big) possible fault of this team. For the rest, it has, in short, only advantages. She can even compensate for her lack of ardor in defending by confiscating the ball. A priori, with such an attack, she will want to see each of the players composing her keep the leather. The more these dream attackers have the ball, the less danger they will be defensively.

This does not prevent Pochettino from finding the best formula in the middle. Who would be the two players best suited to sacrifice themselves for others? Georginio Wijnaldum has this profile, he did not disappoint in this area at Liverpool. Marco Verratti, even if he makes too many mistakes, could also support him in this task. Their direct competitors in this area would be Leandro Paredes and Gana Gueye, diametrically opposed in their qualities. The Argentine provides little effort but advances an above average technique where the Senegalese tirelessly runs, but his use of the ball leaves something to be desired.

Behind, the uncertainties are not linked to Messi but to the competition. It will concern them whether the six-fold Golden Ball comes or not. Presnel Kimpembe is in balance with Sergio Ramos to accompany Marquinhos in central defense, as Keylor Navas and Gianluigi Donnarumma battle for the goalkeeper position. But with such an attack, one of the most beautiful in the history of football on paper, the name of the holder in goal would become almost incidental.

Source: leparis

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