In the Championship, everything is going for the best in Paris: strong of its box in Nîmes (4-0), the PSG, 15 points, climbed on the podium of the L1 at the end of the 7th day, and hopes for a sixth consecutive victory against the red lantern (2 pts).
But in the Champions League, the finalist of the last edition missed his return, with an entry drop at home against “Man U”, his first defeat in the group stage for 16 years at the Park. A sanction deserved so much the Parisian game was struggling, and which now casts doubt around Tuchel.
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The tactical choices of the 47-year-old German have indeed been particularly questioned … Even though the many absences, and the overloaded schedule with a match every four days, still and always erode his room for maneuver.
Saturday at the Parc des Princes, behind closed doors, Tuchel can hope to find his captain Marquinhos and midfielder Julian Draxler, who returned injured from the international break.
The Brazilian’s return would do good both in defense, where his replacement Abdou Diallo suffered against the English, and in the heads, because without him, the Parisians were without aggression, without intensity
, summed up Tuchel.
But the absences of Marco Verratti, Leandro Paredes and Idrissa Gueye, hit with ischios against the “Red Devils”, impoverish the midfielder, a key sector to fuel the five-star attack of PSG. Not to mention the suspension in L1 of Angel di Maria.
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Thomas Tuchel could therefore be tempted to launch his recruits, like Rafinha and Danilo Pereira, Julian Draxler who has just returned from injury, or young people lacking playing time, Colin Dagba, Kays Ruiz-Atil or Timothée Pembélé. With the risk of being surprised, as at the start of the season in Lens (1-0 defeat)?
In 2019, after the defeat – already – at home against Manchester United synonymous with elimination of the C1, the Parisians had let off steam on the DFCO, with a 4-0 flawless. Same price this time?
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