For more than a year, PSG and Leipzig have not left each other.
This Tuesday evening, at the Parc des Princes, for the third day of the Champions League group stage, it will be the fourth confrontation between these two formations.
The opportunity to remember some anecdotes that marked these first three games.
August 18, 2020. Leipzig-PSG 0-3: Neymar's room for Red Bull
If he will not be there Tuesday evening for the fourth meeting between the two teams, Neymar had been one of the men of the match of the first.
Decisive passer on a brilliant heel towards Angel Di Maria, he had also touched the posts and led Paris to its first Champions League final, in the Lisbon final 8.
But he had been just as good in the post-game.
On Instagram, the Brazilian has chambered the Red Bull brand, owner of the German club, with a snapshot of him partying while drinking a drink of the famous brand.
Neymar put this on his Instagram story after tonight's game đ đ pic.twitter.com/h3ruaF2j7t
- Goal (@goal) August 19, 2020
Obviously enough to enrage the supporters who blame him for his too rich nightlife, but certainly not the Austrian brand, which took the opportunity to respond to Neymar on Twitter.
Probably also because Red Bull is one of the Brazilian's main sponsors.
A nice touch of com '.
November 4, 2020. Leipzig-PSG 2-1: Tuchel's nightmare with Danilo in defense and "Marqui" in the middle
Leipzig wants his revenge, and this time neither Neymar nor Kylian Mbappé are on the pitch.
In the absence of the two cracks, PSG did not miss its start with a goal from Angel Di Maria (1-0, 6th), but collapsed after a penalty missed by the Argentinian.
Leipzig scored twice, Paris finished the match nine after the expulsions of Gueye and Kimpembe.
An evening in the middle of a nightmare for Thomas Tuchel, whose future is already no longer unanimous internally.
The management criticizes him for his slippages at a press conference, and disputes his choices, in particular that of positioning Danilo Pereira in central defense, and Marquinhos in the middle, as was the case on November 4, 2020. The world upside down for many observers but also for the locker room, more in line with the choices of his coach.
What Danilo Pereira, himself, will not hide after the meeting: âDefender, it's not my position.
Me, I am a midfielder, he explains then.
The coach asks me to play in central defense, I do what the coach asks me to do.
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November 24, 2020. PSG-Leipzig 1-0: the victory, and the worst game of the season?
If Paris went to the semi-final of C1 last season, we must not forget that he almost came out much earlier. In groups, before receiving Leipzig at the Park on November 24, 2020, PSG is up against the wall. The specter of elimination gravitates everywhere, especially as Tuchel is still criticized as much. The Parisians must imperatively win to revive after having taken only three points in the first leg. Finally, thanks to a penalty from Neymar (11th), they won at the end of a match not far from being catastrophic, where they were beaten in possession, in the game and in the number of chances.
"It is because Leipzig has proved to be absolutely catastrophic in the last gesture that PSG was able to take," writes the Parisian.
There is not much, even the offensive flashes in a sequence where Neymar has still not found his legs, Angel Di Maria lacks clairvoyance and Kylian Mbappé locks himself in lonely choices, probably for lack of movements around him.
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Strangely, it is this very small victory that will totally relaunch the season for PSG, which will finally qualify for the round of 16 by going to win on the ground of Manchester United (1-3) then by atomizing Basaksehir (5-1) .