Since the time of Barcelona of Pep Guardiola, The one who between 2008 and 2012 obtained all possible titles with a style of play that aroused a universal desire for imitation, which did not appear as a shocking and seductive team like this Paris Saint-Germain of Luis Enrique. In an era in which football is globally homogenized, in which many sets share common patterns of play and look quite similar to each other, This PSG is distinguished from the rest. It is a black swan due to aesthetics and efficiency. Hypnotizes and dazzles with your game and convinces with the results.
It is classic, for its conviction to monopolize the control of the ball and impose conditions on the rival, and modern, for mobility and rotation among its players, with a synchronization that at times resembles a ballet. In football there is never a defeat that calls for observations such as precedents. And in fact, Paris Saint-Germain, however great team, is not exempt from suffering in the Final of the Club World Cup next Sunday against Chelsea.
While some headlines had given rest, it already happened in the 0-1 against Botafogo, which Luis Enrique defined as the rival that best defended and neutralized the offensive power of his own. What hardly echoed an adverse result is the style and identity of This team elevated to the global reference condition. It is possible to imagine him by returning for his fueros after any stumbling. Botafogo made his perfect match against PSG, but several days ago he returned to Rio de Janeiro. It was the meeting-Exception: PSG received the only goal in the World Cup and did not convert after 19 matches. He Champions League champion He continued, he replied with the foundations of his ideology: ball, pressure, collective sense and offensive ambition. That fall was in an anecdote.
In the semifinals It passed over (4-0) to Real Madrid being faithful to Luis Enrique’s postulates, aware that his work is transcending the routine: “When I present myself in each club or in a selection, the goal is offer our fans a show and also for fans in general. People do not go to the theater or cinema to get bored. I think that in all sports the performance can go hand in hand with offering fun and show. “By the way, this PSG broadly returns the price of the entrance, although the amusement and rejoicing is for their own and impartial fans, while the rivals have the impotence and the inevitable acceptance of having been overcome.
Compact of Paris Saint-Germain 4 vs. Real Madrid 0
In less than 25 minutes, PSG already thrashed Real Madrid 3-0, while Courtois had avoided two other. The new project of Xabi Alonso He received his first big slap. He has the mitigating that this Paris Saint-Germain is able to reduce the most painted adversary. It is in another dimension. The beating from 5-0 to Inter in the Champions League final is one of the many collection pieces.
The overflow of PSG on Real Madrid began with the advanced pressure he executes with the vitality of a young and energetic formation. First Asencio failed – the replacement of the suspended Huijsen already had been wrong against the hilal and was expelled against Pachuca for another clumsiness – before Dembelé’s harassment within the area; The ball was left for the definition of Fabián Ruiz, One of the three complete flyers of French formation. The next slip, the 2-0, was committed by Rüdiger, used by Dembelé with a great cross shot. “It is difficult to be 0-2 at 10 minutes against a great rival like the PSG,” said Xabi Alonso.
There are 35 goals and 15 assists in 52 games in the Dembelé season, for whom Luis Enrique has already claimed next Golden Ball, especially for having incorporated the sacrifice and the will to be the first to cover the rival’s exit. A very evolved striker with respect to the scattered version and with some oversight in his private life that he showed in his passage through Barcelona.
Real Madrid was not opposition or for intensity. Kylian Mbappé He started for the first time in the World Cup to integrate a trident with Gonzalo García – the quarry revelation by the four goals – and Vinicius. Valverde went to the right side to assemble a line of four, although Xabi Alonso is more in favor of the three zagueros line. In the middle, Güler, Tchouamení and Bellingham wreck before the scarce collaboration of the strikers and a static defense, which did not recover by pressure or firmness in the Quito.
Everything is harmonious in PSG. The sides, Hakimi and Nuno Mendes, are naturally incorporated into the attack. The Moroccan gave the assistance for the second of Ruiz in 3-0. Without Willian Pacho, the very good Ecuadorian defender, Beraldo was the correct lieutenant of Cacique Marquinhos. Vitinha and João Neves carry the helm, control times and spaces, and are understood as if they play together from a lifetime.
Dembelé, of false nine, often exchanging positions with Doué, another of the great appearances of the season, owner of an uncontrollable gambeta. And that on the left Kvarastkhelia, a wing that carries the ball attached to the foot and eludes everything that comes out, had an intermittent performance.
Surprisingly, Xabi Alonso did not make changes to the beginning of the second half, when PSG lowered the revolutionsas I had done after 4-0 at Inter Miami in 45 minutes. The prerogative of regular is allowed to a rival such as Real Madrid. Even to preserve some holders and distribute minutes with the income of Barcola, Gonzalo Ramos, Mayulu and Zaire-Emery.
Donnarumma did not need a great shortcut and the party was served to PSG to prove that it is also dangerous to the counterattack, with the 4-0 of Gonzalo Ramos. Complete performance, with all statistics in favor (possession, auctions, number of attacks and passes). The other measurement is that His football Fill your eyes, As that Barcelona of Guardiola did, and does it without having a Messi.