If punctuality is the politeness of kings, PSG dominates his and his subjects, at least in France. The capital club released its best match of the season at the Vélodrome against Marseille (0-3), the intimate rival, the dolphin, at the best of times and perhaps at the moment when we did not believe it not so much. He had been stunning in Lille (1-7) but it was in August, at the start of the season, when the teams are set up. On the 25th day, in such a hostile context, whether it emanates from OM or from the Parisian period with a success snatched in extremis (Lille, 4-3) in four outings, it is as much a blow more brilliance than boost in a season that could get bogged down.
In the standings, Paris consolidates its lead since it beats the second (8 points in advance) and that the two immediate pursuers skated, in particular Monaco, rolled at home by Nice way PSG (0-3). Above all, a few days before the return match in the round of 16 of the Champions League, Christophe Galtier’s team is getting back in the direction of travel and the quest, with a surplus of confidence that a single man embodies. , Kylian Mbappe.
Doubled against Lille, ditto against Marseille, record equaled by Edinson Cavani, his return as holder allows his partners to return to victory. It’s quite simple the life of PSG: when he is not there at kick-off, the club loses in Rennes (1-0), in Marseille (2-1) in the Cup, against Monaco (3-1 ), Bayern (0-1). He was only defeated “once” when he started, it was in Lens (3-1) on January 1, when he offered a freelance presence between a World Cup and a vacation. He confirmed his implacable statistics from the Vélodrome: when he scores first, he wins the clasico.
New injury for Presnel Kimpembe
He was well helped in his business of wonders in delivery by a Leo Messi double passer, reducing the impact of the absence of Neymar to an episode. We will end up believing that the PSG seems stronger, more balanced say, without one of the members of the MNM if the missing is not called Mbappé, of course. Without the Brazilian, Vitinha was in all the right moves, as if uninhibited. The Portuguese, missing since the World Cup, finds a consistency in the Parisian game which makes him better. By the way, the Parisian coach may finally settle on a system that works, this 3-5-2 which brings density in the middle and explosiveness on the sides.
This scheme is probably more possible without Neymar. Whatever happens, keeping it would finally give a long-term framework to an eleven that has been confused lately. Paris knows how to raise its level of involvement, another excellent news from the trip to the Canebière in front of an OM ridiculed more violently than it had martyred PSG in the Coupe de France eighteen days earlier. Marquinhos’ partners managed to overcome the damage, such as Achraf Hakimi’s last-minute package (who could have enjoyed himself behind the opposing defense) or the new injury to Presnel Kimpembe, another classic in the life of the PSG, which leaves a player on the way for each match. But this time, he attacks the week with a light heart and that changes everything.