This was the tile to avoid.
This Saturday against Brest, by engaging in a somewhat too manly tackle at the very end of the match and far from his goal, Presnel Kimpembe was injured and, it seems, made himself unavailable at least for the next month.
PSG, which this season has only four professional central defenders to count on in its workforce with the French, Marquinhos, Sergio Ramos and the young El Chadaille Bitshiabu, could have done without it.
However, this glitch should not transform the starting lineup.
At the club, we believe that this setback is not a sufficient reason to return to a system with four defenders and, thus, put a brake on the last three months of work in this new system which suits the Parisians well, even if they still have to develop some automatisms.
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To replace Kimpembe, the solution imposed itself at the start of the season: Christophe Galtier should trust Danilo Pereira, who has proven his worth and who again made a very clean copy against Brest this Saturday, instead of Marquinhos.
Limited solutions
Presnel Kimpembe, who has started and played all of PSG's matches this season with the exception of the trip to Toulouse (0-3, August 31), is the only player in the Paris squad since the departure of 'Abdou Diallo, whose profile lends itself to this position of left axial.
Unavailable against the Violets, he had been replaced position for position by Danilo, who had shown himself to be less comfortable in this position.
The solutions to maintain this three central system are not endless for PSG.
All of them involve at least one player playing in an uncomfortable position.
Danilo can try the left axis experience again, just like Marquinhos, who occupied this role in the defense at 4 of PSG alongside Thiago Silva and would leave the axis to Danilo or Ramos.
Nordi Mukiele can also play central defender, but rather right axis, necessarily requiring a shift for Ramos or Marquinhos.
In any case, nothing ideal.
