PSG-Nice: Messi and Mbappé no doubt spared, a first for Soler and Ekitike… the turnover finally launched?

It could have been the game before.

That of the restart, the final rehearsal four days before the reunion with the Champions League, this Wednesday, October 5 on the lawn of Benfica Lisbon.

It will rather be the match after.

That after the attacks – vague but heavy – by Julien Fournier, former sports director of OGC Nice, against a Christophe Galtier accused of “serious things” in the management of the locker room at the Aiglons.

The match according to Kylian Mbappé's remarks on the "freedom" which he says he enjoys more on the pitch with the Blues than in his role as "pivot" at the forefront of the Parisian attack.

The match after the business which, following the aggression of Hamraoui to the alleged blackmail on President Al-Khelaïfi, moved the daily newspaper of the PSG from the sports section to the columns of the various facts.

Threat of suspension for the clasico on Sergio Ramos and Neymar

In a heavier than usual context, this PSG-Nice will also be the match after a successful but oh so trying first part of the season.

An almost faultless – a draw against Monaco and ten victories – during which the executives coaled, little breath to the point of leaving Kimpembe (ischio) and Verratti (calf) by the side of the road.

To avoid, no doubt, that others imitate them, Christophe Galtier could take advantage of the reception of his former club to finally launch the turnover he said he wanted to adopt at the start of the season.

Despite the threat of suspension for the clasico weighing on Sergio Ramos and Neymar in the event of a warning against Nice, it is more on the side of Messi and Mbappé that the rotations should take place.

The most used field player since the start of the season, the Argentinian has, in fact, and despite his 35 years, started all the matches since the start of the season.

Returning from the United States, where he played in New York and Miami with the Albiceleste, he could be invited to take a seat on the bench and let the Spaniard Carlos Soler start his first match with Paris.

Same reason, same “punishment” for Kylian Mbappé, of whom Galtier recalled that he had not been unemployed in recent weeks at PSG or with the Blues.

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A boon, no doubt, for Hugo Ekitike who, during the 66 minutes of play that have been offered to him since his arrival, has not yet had time to show himself under his best profile.

It's up to him, like the others, to take advantage of the eleven matches that Paris will have to play over the next six weeks to make his mark by helping his club keep the rhythm and the lead.