The Parisians did not hold the shock. Eaten by the envy and the vivacity of the opponents, they fell heavily in Lens, Sunday, during the 17th day of Ligue 1 (3-1). Christophe Galtier’s players have thus suffered their first defeat of the season in 23 games and even 32 since last March. “It’s not so much the defeat that disappoints me or annoys me, it’s the way we conceded our goals, especially the first,” regretted the coach after this failed evening.
Led in the score from the 5th minute, PSG had a defensive nightmare. “I had trouble recognizing my team, railed Galtier at the microphone of Prime Video in front of the sequence of individual and collective errors. We take goals on their strengths: transition and depth. The positions were not respected, which gives the second goal”.
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Paris has now lost its last 3 trips to its runner-up in Ligue 1, to Lyon in January 2018 (2-1), to Lille in April 2019 (5-1) and therefore on the lawn of Bollaert in an atmosphere of fire which cut off the legs. “We liquefied as the match progressed, again concedes the Parisian coach. We had to be very careful with balance and pressing. We lacked a lot of cohesion.”
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“There is also this Lensoise pressure, still recognizes the one who had been able to develop his players with rigor and intensity at the start of the season but did not find the solutions in this duel at the top. We were beaten in the athletic field, we found ourselves cut in two. We were on the razor’s edge.”
We’ve been away from each other for a long time
Undefeated in their previous 12 league trips, PSG failed to continue their streak. Deprived of his stars Lionel Messi and Neymar, he lacked realism against a great Brice Samba despite 16 shots for 6 on target. “Lens was more effective in a very intense and open game, recognized Marquinhos, overwhelmed in defense like his friend Sergio Ramos. They won the duels that made the difference.”
“Neymar and Messi are great players but it’s not because of their absence that we lost, However, assured the Parisian captain, easily erased by Lois Openda on the second northern goal (28th) and which further calls into question the six weeks of truce due to the World Cup. We have already won without them. We have been estranged from each other for a long time, we have to find our qualities.
If Hugo Ekitike had quickly equalized (8th), Kylian Mbappé remained silent, while the Parisian midfielder took on water in his 4-4-2 diamond with Carlos Soler as playmaker. Neymar returns ( suspension) and Messi (post-holiday planetary coronation) will necessarily be welcome.
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