This clasico left him unsatisfied.
“There was intensity but there was no madness…”, he regrets.
But Edouard Cissé (43), the former Parisian (1997-2007) and Marseillais (2009-2011), now a Prime Video consultant, still had a lot to say about it.
Didn't you expect better from the presence of the Fantastic Four (Messi, Mbappé, Neymar Di Maria)?
EDOUARD CISSE.
We expected better from Paris.
We told ourselves that Marseille, with its public and the Sampaoli madness, was going to have imbalances, that there was going to be spaces, life, well stuff!
And it was not.
So Paris was not extraordinary offensively but on the other hand we can congratulate the four guys who made defensive efforts.
Is it sufficient ?
The idea is to arrive at a PSG that can do both offensive madness and seriousness, defensive discipline.
Is it possible ?
We do not know.
For the moment we have the impression that it is one to the detriment of the other.
Didn't Neymar symbolize these limits?
He's coming back… He's running out of form.
But he comes from afar anyway.
He didn't have a great start to the season.
Yes, he still has the possibility of making genius gestures but it is not yet the Neymar that we have known at PSG.
Did Danilo's presence next to Verratti in the middle surprise you?
He could have put Gueye yes.
It was to shield his environment.
But I ask a question: do you need to have this line-up when you know that there will be Di Maria, Messi, plus Neymar, in this area who will win?
Maybe not.
I think there is better to do.
With Danilo you respond to the impact of Marseille.
But you have Wijnaldum, Gueye, players calibrated for the Champions League.
It's quite surprising yes.
Hakimi and Mendes suffered in their defensive tasks ...
They are fiery ... Objectively, if you play with Hakimi and Mendes, you have to use them as pistons.
They are fighter planes.
So at the end of the day you have to play with three defenders.
By bringing Danilo down.
But that's not what happened.
Paris could have offered something else.
What we expect from this team from Paris, apart from the Fantastic Four, is to install something.
Impose a mark.
And there I do not have the impression that they imposed something.
Paris almost suffered no?
Yes then if Paris was coached by Mourinho, where things are going badly, with a low block and then it is propelled, why not?
But that's not my idea with the recruited players.
So it's not easy too I think for Mauricio (Pochettino).
But, on this clasico, I am a little disappointed.
At some point you have to choose who is the boss
Could Hakimi have avoided the fault at the origin of his expulsion?
Can he do better?
Yes that's for sure.
Looking back at the footage, I think he has plenty of time to get back to Under's left foot.
But hey, it's going so fast ... He made a mistake.
There is a red card.
Here is.
There is no point in epilogue.
Do you agree that the Mbappé - Messi connection worked well?
Yes, they are looking for each other.
Moreover, when Di Maria then Neymar came out, I told myself that in the hierarchy of the Fantastic Four, it was: n ° 1 Mbappé, n ° 2 Messi, n ° 3 Neymar who went down a bit.
We saw him when he left, he was disappointed.
But indeed Messi and Mbappé manage to find each other so it's interesting.
But the thing is, I feel like it's at the expense of Di Maria and / or Neymar.
So the idea is to make all four of them work.
Is it possible ?
I do not know.
Who is the attacking leader?
I have always been told: a chief, a tribe.
So at some point you have to choose who is the leader and then you follow him.
But you can't have multiple leaders.
We will have to decide somewhere.
Should we at all costs try to align the Fantastic Four together?
Objectively the four with Messi just behind Mbappé, on the right Di Maria and on the left Neymar, these are positions that they like.
Then it's behind: what do we do?
Do we put two media and we agree to concrete with Wijnaldum and Gueye or Danilo?
But in this case, who do you do without?
De Verratti who is the darling?
Despite everything, whether we like it or not, he plays ball and well.
But that's the question: do we need Verratti with these four in front?
To get the ball out?
There is enough quality to bring the ball out cleanly because sometimes, whether it's Messi or Neymar, they come looking for the ball low enough. So this is the puzzle. Yes, maybe redefine roles more clearly at player level. Because they have developed bad habits. Verratti, for nine seasons ... With Motta, it was he who started again, who started again. Because there weren't so many possibilities. But now there are talents so what do we do? We take away a little responsibility in the organization or not. All these are questions to be raised and we will have to find the answers because otherwise… Mauricio (Pochettino) 's only chances are when the Little Owl is injured or suspended. But if not when he is fit,he plays but then how do you manage to set up the symphony? The questions we all have now are decisions.
How did you find Marseille?
It's a team that is always special because Sampaoli's tactics are not easy to understand and suddenly they can throw off a lot of people.
And unbalance both OM and the opposing team!
(he's laughing).
But the Marseillais have talent and it can come from all sides.