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PSG: not convincing enough, Renato Sanches is deprived of the World Cup

2022-11-10T21:02:25.681Z


Portugal will play the World Cup with three PSG players (Vitinha, Nuno Mendes, Danilo) but without Renato Sanches. The latter pays in part


He probably thought he would increase his chances of playing in the World Cup in Qatar by signing for PSG during the last off-season.

But it has not happened.

Portuguese midfielder Renato Sanches was not selected on Thursday by coach Fernando Santos to play in the World Cup which starts on November 20.

The 26-man list includes Parisian teammates Vitinha, Nuno Mendes and Danilo but not the former Benfica, Bayern Munich and Lille midfielder.

A huge disappointment for the one who won Euro 2016.

Then 18 years old, he was established in the final at the Blues at the Stade de France before being replaced by Eder, author of the only goal in extra time.

After his thunderous debut with the Seleção, Renato Sanches, injured and then lacking playing time at Bayern Munich, lost his place in the national team before finding it again last year during the last Euro thanks to his very high level performances with Lille, champion of France under the beard of PSG in 2021.

Despite a convincing last season, especially during the Champions League matches where the Northerners reached the round of 16 (eliminated by Chelsea), the Portuguese failed to seize his chance at PSG.

Arrived last August, the 25-year-old midfielder (32 caps) took his first steps in the Parisian jersey with a superb goal against Montpellier (5-2) on the second day.

But the sequel turned out to be less good.

His two starts against Monaco (1-1) at the end of August and in Nantes (0-3) at the beginning of September were very average with a lack of slaughter in the midfield and not enough percussion.

Victim of an adductor injury, he was then absent for three weeks and when Christophe Galtier decided to change his tactical plan with the incorporation of an additional player in the middle, the Spaniard Fabian Ruiz was preferred to him. .

Hit in the right adductor during the reception of OGC Nice on October 1 and forced to leave his partners after 16 minutes, he then remained in treatment against Benfica, Reims and Juventus Turin.

Not called in the two Nations League matches at the start of the school year against the Czech Republic (0-4) and Spain (0-1) by the Portuguese coach who preferred the pair William Carvalho (Betis Sevilla) - Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton ) in midfield, Renato Sanches knew he was in trouble.

His Parisian balance sheet, insufficient, undoubtedly largely counted in the final choice of Fernando Santos this Thursday.

Source: leparis

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