2024-08-24 06:34:57
For his association with PSG, after an Olympic summer, the Parc des Princes cried six times. A celebration of goals which made a difference in what was, almost a year ago to the day, the first home game of the Luis Enrique era. The 0-0 was certainly full of promise against Lorient but which, in the middle of the “Mbappé case”, has shown above all to what extent this team is short of breath without its number 7.
The first Spanish teacher at home in Year II was never the same. This season, Kylian Mbappé ended up leaving the capital center and last season, he announced, served as a great place to test for life after being the highest winner in the club’s history . This Friday evening, against Montpellier who is weak, this is all the offensive power of this PSG new face.
4 players with 12 goals: Luis Enrique’s utopia is real
After 80 minutes against Le Havre, before the regular starters broke the neck and locked the navy, doubts raised their heads. But against Montpellier, we saw that this PSG is more unpredictable, more fluid. A breath of fresh air, which some of the matches where Mbappé was left last season could have been predicted. When he is there, and this is correct, the game surrenders to him, and all the hopes that his genius carries.
Against Montpellier, on the scoreboard, Barcola twice, Asensio, Hakimi, Zaire-Emery and Lee each did their part. This is the whole point of this new season: that Paris does not score less, although it has lost a player who averaged 40 or even 50 goals per year and who has not been replaced. The philosophy of the Asturian is clear on this topic: “It is better that four players get 12 goals each, that will make 48 in total and it is better than 40.”
Press, open the number 1 weapon of this PSG
What stands out is the constant movement of these attacking players, this fluid attacking line, the unstoppable efforts to recover the swelling, the creative permutations to bring it to life. Speaking to DAZN, Bradley Barcola summed up the instructions given by his coach: “Press directly, and the three of us in front must support. We feel that what we are doing is good. It takes a lot of effort to squeeze but you get used to it. »
Désiré Doué made similar comments, in a mixed environment: “We have a game that is expected to be very, very aggressive, there is also a reaction to the loss of the ball that is important and this is what got us only allowed to receive the ball, to keep it and to be able to have many actions during the match. »
“The changes are due to the understanding of the players,” added Luis Enrique, who is also on the microphone of the Ligue 1 broadcaster “Without a doubt it is the only team I can play with 7 players who know how to attack , but who can also make defensive efforts. I have seen Asensio play a lot, I have played the World Cup with him at number 9. But I also like the entry of Kolo Muani. » Before the end, a week before the transfer market finished: “I need everything, but I am very happy”.
“It’s perfect and that’s what we’re looking for”
Barcola (2 shots on target), Lee (1 shot on target), Zaire-Emery (2 shots on target), Hakimi (1 shot on target), Asensio (1 shot on target): players who were, sparingly , that from last season’s list scorers and will have no other choice than to increase their statistics if this team must roll. Not counting Ramos, injured, Dembélé and Kolo Muani also scored in the previous match, Doué played his first minutes in Paris with passion, Mbaye continued and even showed himself to be a threat… After the winner of the evening, there was no shortage of talent.
“The result seems to show our superiority and that is the case but for me, Montpellier defended well, as a unit,” Luis Enrique analyzed in a press conference. But we are in a state of grace, it is difficult to play against us, with our current flow. (…) I try to tell everyone what I feel as a coach, what I can get from a very high level team. We see not one star but 16 stars that defend and attack. It is perfect and this is what we are looking for. »
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