Despite Paris Saint-Germain’s almost perfect first half of the season, there is a world in which the capital club, already ten times champion of France, can lose their leadership chair. While Christophe Galtier’s men have lost their last two Ligue 1 games against Olympique Lyonnais and Stade Rennais, a third defeat in a row against the Aiglons, still undefeated since the beginning of January, could put their position in great danger. And for Christophe Galtier, it’s the same. His next two games on the PSG bench, against Nice then Lens (!) will be carefully scrutinized by management. It could make a clear decision after these two games.
And speaking of Lens, it’s almost a final that will be played at the Parc against implacable Lensois. After the victory of his team at the start of the 30th day of Ligue 1, Franck Haise wants to put pressure on Parisians.
Franck Haise wants to put pressure on PSG
Against Strasbourg, Lens was almost scared. While they were leading by two goals, a nice achievement from Kevin Gameiro at the end of the match revived the suspense. In the end, it is indeed Lens who wins and who come back to 3 points behind Paris Saint-Germain. For Franck Haise, it is above all necessary to keep a cool head but not to lie about the objectives. “We just know the difficulty of winning a match, it was difficult last week (v. 1-0 in Rennes), it was difficult against Angers at the start of the match. It was hard tonight. We do not forbid ourselves anything but we are also quite lucid about the difficulty of winning these matches.”
Before continuing. “What I want is for us to play the last 8 games with personality, no matter the pressure. If we don’t, we know we won’t be rewarded. Let’s play with the maximum of personality, courage and quality. Afterwards, if we have to get something… For the moment we deserve it but the championship is 38 days, not 30“, recalls Franck Haise.
