Paris (AFP)
It is a problem that the rich clubs must not have: the Paris SG, diminished by many wounds, suffers from the weakness of its substitutes, which makes it vulnerable before moving to Bordeaux on Saturday in Ligue 1 (5:30 pm), three days after his defeat against Reims.
After ovations to the success of Real Madrid (3-0) in the Champions League, the Parisian fans did not expect to whistle their team a week later, in the evening of a poor performance at home against the Champenois in Championship (2-0).
The optimism, maintained by the feat of Neymar in Lyon (1-0) last Sunday, did not hold to the first frost of autumn, often heralding winters so dreaded by the club who took the bad habit to finish his seasons in March.
By turning his squad, coach Thomas Tuchel has touched the limits of his policy of "turn-over", without a bench at the height of its objectives - worrying for the PSG who wants to last on all the tables as long as possible .
When, the same evening, his Merengue counterpart Zinédine Zidane called eight new holders to beat Osasuna (2-0), the German technician made five changes compared to the victorious team in the Rhone, for a result much less convincing.
- Side disappointing -
In 7 days of L1, his team already has two defeats, as much as in the 2016/17 season which ended in 2nd place.
"Our challenge is to maintain our level of play. At the end of last season, we could not do it," said Marquinhos. "We have to challenge ourselves to match the matches at a good level, which is what the big teams in Europe do."
"It's my job to make decisions, we lacked intensity, and it's a surprise for me, I changed to have more intensity," said the coach Friday. "It's a lesson for me."
Although some of them are international, the second knives have not shown the edge to overcome, the time of a match, the packages of Kylian Mbappé, Edinson Cavani, Mauro Icardi, Idrissa Gueye, Thiago Silva or Marco Verratti , all absent against Reims.
Despite the mercato managed by the new sports director Leonardo, the problem continues to the position of side: on the left, Layvin Kurzawa took the water, also carried by the whirlwind of recent years that has removed from the Blues and the status of holder at PSG. On the right, the young Loïc Mbe Soh, central defender of formation, was not at the level.
- Paris stripped of his "Titis" -
In the middle, Leandro Paredes, for his first tenure of the season, has still not justified the EUR 47 million invested by his club in January, recalling that the PSG still lacks sentinel ...
Critics can extend to the performance of recruits Ander Herrera and Abdou Diallo, called to play the luxury liners, which do not yet have a match reference with their new colors.
"If you think it's my responsibility, I take it, everyone can be a coach after a match ...", said Swabia, already facing the limits of his bench last season.
Departures this summer of young people from the training center, which the German played very little - Moussa Diaby, Christopher Nkunku, Stanley Nsoki, Arthur Zagre and Timothy Weah - have brought cash to the club, looking for cash to meet the requirements financial fair play, but also reduces its reservoir.
Against Bordeaux, Tuchel will find Yacine Adli, 19, whom he let go last winter, and who remains on a double against Amiens in the Championship.
Between the weak performance of his substitutes, and a bench shorter and shorter, the PSG only has to cross the fingers to avoid that Neymar, Cavani, or Mbappé, who will return Saturday, do not hurt themselves yet. he wants to go high.
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