Smiles from ear to ear but, in the mouths, still a lot of caution. Despite the resounding victory of PSG against FC Nantes, during the Champions Trophy (4-0), the speeches were humble, realistic in the Parisian ranks. It is finally Christophe Galtier, the new conductor of the capital club, who best sums up the general feeling, at the microphone of Prime Video: “There are still some things to improve, but overall I am satisfied “.
From his preparation, the state of mind of his players and even the most criticized after last season, Galtier had several reasons to be positive at the end of this meeting. “We expected a very difficult match, but we took a lot of seriousness,” he explained. We were quite consistent in the way of attacking and defending, we made a lot of effort in the replacement”.
These small defensive settings to refine, which we could see in particular during the first matches of the tour in Japan, did not escape Sergio Ramos, who continues in this three-man defense. “It’s a new system. We must continue to consolidate that, to play our plan well, but we were good collectively, we held the ball, appreciate the defender, scorer. You still have to work on certain movements, coverage with the other centrals, but I think it’s a good system because it maintains a very high offensive level. »
“If Leo, Kylian and I are fine, PSG will be fine! »
One of his friends, Captain Marquinhos is pragmatic and precise. “We are good, better and better. At the beginning of the preparation we were still adapting, we made a few small mistakes that we corrected immediately in training or with the video. This is only the beginning, we will take automatic steps and it will get better and better. »
The system has at least had the merit of highlighting Neymar and Messi, particularly brilliant on Sunday evening in more central roles than last season, leaving the corridors to pistons who are also very prominent. The Argentinian was also voted man of the match. “I hope that this season, we will stay like this, all three, and that everything will go well for me, for Leo and for Kylian, underlined the Brazilian at the microphone of Prime Video. If we are fine, PSG will be fine! »
It is perhaps more the people of Nantes who, in the end, found nothing wrong with the performance of their executioners of the evening. “They were in good shape, maybe in top form, and when they are like that, I think they are unstoppable, conceded Moussa Sissoko. Hats off to them, too bad for us. Antoine Kombouaré agrees: “We saw a lot of freshness in this team. When players are happy on the field, they are effective. It is clear that it is not the same PSG that we played last season. »