‘Neymar’s injury? An incredible chance for Galtier’, according to Dugarry
Christophe Dugarry, who is back on RMC, reacted to the announcement of Neymar’s end of season during his stint in Rothen ignites on Monday: “I am delighted for PSG that Neymar is injured. I find that it’s an incredible chance for Christophe Galtier. At one point, he should have had the courage to take out Neymar, it was the only solution. This team is much better balanced at five behind, with three midfielders and Mbappé-Messi in front. With a PSG which will play a little lower and on the counter-attack. This team is not able to have control because when the ball is lost, the three in front do not defend and they find themselves in danger. They concede way too many chances.”
“I can’t see Neymar anymore. I can’t do it anymore. I find him unbearable in his dribbling, in his attitude. I don’t want to see him on the pitch anymore. He tires me.”
Neymar reacts to the announcement of his end of the season
The Brazilian has just posted a relatively short message on social media: ‘I will come back stronger’.
Messi: ‘We are capable of turning the tide’
Lionel Messi has spoken to the PSG media ahead of the Champions League second leg in Munich.
“I think in the last game we improved and in Marseille the team got stronger with this victory. Now we will try to do it right to try to turn things around once morest Bayern and go to the next round. This is everyone’s goal, said the Argentine star in a video posted on PSG’s social networks. […] Without a doubt, yes it is important to enter the game in this way (with victories). Before that we weren’t in our best form of the season but I think we have two important wins to strengthen the idea and the team before going to play the game in Munich.”
And Lionel Messi continued: “It will be a very tight and very difficult match like the first one, it will be decided on small details and it is very difficult to win in this stadium. But I think we are well. prepared and that we are able to turn the situation around. I feel very good, I think the team in general has changed in the last few games. We have changed our face and the victories obviously help us to work with serenity with a different dynamic and also being happier… which is a good thing to work on. We have a very strong desire to continue our way in the Champions League. And that’s what we’re going to try to do.”
The PSG group for the trip to Germany
The 22 players selected by Christophe Galtier for the trip to Munich, with the returns of Renato Sanches and Achraf Hakimi:
2. Achraf Hakimi
4. Sergio Ramos
5. Marquinhos
6. Marco Verratti
7. Kylian Mbappe
8. Fabian Ruiz
14. Juan Bernat
15. Danilo Pereira
16. Sergio Rico
17. Vitinha
18. Renato Sanches
25. Nuno Mendes
26. Nordi Mukiele
28. Carlos Soler
29. Timothée Pembele
30. Lionel Messi
31. El Chadaille Bitshiabu
33. Warren Zaire-Emery
35. Ismaël Gharbi
44. Hugo Ekitike
90. Alexandre Letellier
99. Gianluigi Donnarumma
Season over for Neymar, who will have surgery
Touched in the ankle on February 20 once morest Lille, Neymar will be operated on in Qatar. He will not return to collective training for “three to four months” said PSG in a press release. His season is over.
“Neymar has presented several episodes of instability of the right ankle in recent years. The medical staff of Paris Saint-Germain recommended a ligament repair operation, in order to avoid a major risk of recurrence”, specifies the club of the capital. .
More information here.
Marquinhos trained normally two days away from facing Bayern Munich
Came out grimacing during the match once morest Nantes (4-2), Marquinhos suffered from pain in the ribs. Hard to hurt, the Parisian captain participated in the entirety of Monday’s training session at Camp des Loges.
Despite the pain, he should be able to hold his place on Wednesday in the Champions League round of 16 second leg in Munich.
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CUP leaders received at Camp des Loges
Before the big departure for Munich, the players of Paris Saint-Germain met at the start of the followingnoon at the Camp des Loges for training behind closed doors on Monday. At the end of this session, leaders of the Collectif Ultras Paris were received by the players and Christophe Galtier.
A scene that had not happened for more than 10 years at the club of the capital. Several group executives, including Marquinhos, spoke. Before this decisive moment of the season, the position of the CUP remains unchanged. The main group of supporters calls for the sacred union behind the first team.
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Mbappé on fire, Neymar absent, a new dynamic… What has changed since the first leg
Paris Saint-Germain travels to Bayern Munich on Wednesday evening (9 p.m. on RMC Sport 1) in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Three weeks following the first leg, won by the Bavarians at the Parc des Princes (0-1), the two teams are showing very different faces.
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Daniele Orsato will be the referee for the second leg
L’UEFA announced on Monday the referee responsible for directing the debates between Bayern and PSG. This is the Italian Daniele Orsato, who had already refereed the two teams … during the final lost by the Parisians in 2020 in Lisbon.
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Sané and Gnabry at the heart of critics in Germany
Doubts do not only accompany PSG before the knockout round of the Champions League return to Bayern on Wednesday (9 p.m., on RMC sport). If the Bavarians took an advantage by winning the first leg (0-1) at the Parc des Princes, they do not present themselves as formidable executioners once morest the Parisians. Two of their attacking stars are thus the targets of criticism for their recent ghostly performance: Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sané.
>> Why Gnabry and Sané are targeted by critics
On Saturday, they played one half each in the victory in Stuttgart (1-2), Sané replacing Gnabry at the break, without either of them really seizing their chance to start in Bayern’s eleven on Wednesday at the start. ‘Allianz Arena. “Nagelsmann doesn’t even have to think regarding using new players on Wednesday,” former club legend Lothar Matthäus told Sky Sport Germany. showed that they wanted to be in the team.”
Sadio Mané is “100%”, but will he start?
Back on the pitch on Saturday once morest Stuttgart following a fibula injury that sidelined him for four months, Sadio Mané is “physically 100%” according to Julian Nagelsmann, who has not yet decided whether he will start the Senegalese on Wednesday.
“I haven’t made a decision for Wednesday. Thomas Müller and Choupo-Moting are also doing very well at the moment, recalled the Bavarian coach on Saturday. In a group as balanced as ours, you have to accept competition, even in as a top player.”
3,800 Parisian supporters expected
For this trip to the European Cup, the supporters will have to deal with the strike once morest the pension reform. The two options chosen by the Ultras Paris Collective : vans and coaches with scheduled departures between Monday and Tuesday evening. In total, they should be around 3,800 in the stands of the Allianz Arena.
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Direction Munich this Monday for the Parisians
Contrary to usual, PSG will travel to Munich this Monday, 48 hours from one of the most important meetings of their season. The players will be entitled to a green, something that had not happened since March 8, 2022 in Madrid, during the round of 16 return once morest Real.
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On the Parisian side, Marquinhos should start
Tipped to play in the three-man defense of Paris Saint-Germain once morest Bayern Munich on Wednesday in the Champions League (9 p.m. on RMC Sport), Marquinhos will probably not be 100%. Doubt persists for the time being on the tenure of Nordi Mukiele, injured in the Achilles tendon.
>> Our latest information on the composition of PSG
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Beaten 1-0 in the first leg at the Parc des Princes, PSG are playing their European future this Wednesday once morest Bayern Munich (9 p.m. on RMC Sport 1). Victory is mandatory for the Parisians at the Allianz Arena, under penalty of experiencing new European disillusionment from the knockout stages of the Champions League. Find all the pre-match info on the RMC Sport website and app.
