Paris retains the lead in the French Championship and increases its lead in the Ligue 1 standings, thanks to its victory this Sunday in Lyon (0-1) and the draw earlier in the day for Marseille against Rennes (1- 1) at the Velodrome.
Something to delight Christophe Galtier, the PSG coach, at a press conference in the auditorium of Groupama Stadium.
Lots of possession and less quick transitions against Lyon, was that intended?
CHRISTOPHER GALTIER
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(Smile) Yes, we prepare the matches.
It was important to run with the ball rather than without.
To deprive Lyon of balloons as well.
This allowed us to find flaws in the Lyon organization.
We had a lot of situations, but without scoring the second goal.
Anthony Lopes made a big part too.
We remained under pressure by not taking off.
I had expected more changes in the second half but the facts of the game prevented me.
We were less mobile in the second half.
But the players had a great match against a team that was waiting for us in transition and imbalance.
Neymar gave us a necessary balance.
PSG had a great game tonight.
What is the news of Marco Verratti, out injured?
He is shot in the calf.
It's a pretty strong blow to the calf.
I can be worried, because when he can't continue, he's hit.
What is your first assessment before the international break after eleven games and ten victories at the head of the team?
What I like is that the players are very professional and invested, individually and collectively.
They have a real desire to have a great season.
The system has flaws but we have a very good technical relationship.
We must maintain the requirement on the tactical and technical level, which we lacked in Haifa (1-3), last week in the Champions League.
You have to find the right formula to be dangerous and even better defensively.
After the break, to take on the workload will require more rotations, changes earlier in the game, with thirteen games ahead of us in a very compact schedule.