Paris (AFP)

The Paris SG version 2019/20, despite an excellent start in the Champions League, does not inspire the same terror in Ligue 1, where his two defeats of entry have uninhibited his opponents. Against his dolphin Angers Saturday (5:30 pm), he can sit down his disputed authority.

This is the kind of reasoning that amuses social networks: in ten days, the PSG corrects Real Madrid (3-0), but falls against Reims (2-0), which itself loses to Dijon (2- 1). Conclusion: the double champion of France in title has everything to fear from the Burgundians, last of the Championship.

The joke is especially revealing the status of untouchable, built with millions of euros and broad wins, that Parisians see crumbling under their crampons since the recovery.

The two logical setbacks, in Rennes (2-1) in August, then against Reims (2-0) at the end of September, started their national omnipotence, already shaken by the last three months of the previous year, marked by several derelict, including a memorable one in Lille (5-1).

Paris "is not unbeatable," proclaims Bordeaux coach Paulo Sousa. "They have been a little less scared for six months, because they had a lot of absences," said his counterpart Angevin Stéphane Moulin.

Admittedly, before the 9th day, the Red and Blue remain leaders, with two points ahead of the SCO, but their last three successes, all won at the score of 1-0, have not left the impression of the roller compressor that they have been these past two years.

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"It will not be the season bling bling," warned late August the new sports director Leonardo, who orchestrates the reconstruction of a club bruised by his recent humiliation in the 8th finals of the Champions League.

To fill its weaknesses of the moment, Paris relied on the only talent of its superstar Neymar, author of the last three goals in the Championship. Lack of offensive realism, substitutes not level, difficulties to develop a seductive game ... the PSG in L1 is at times the negative of the PSG in C1, where he shone again this week.

After his demonstration against the Madrilenians, the team of Thomas Tuchel confirmed his good start in the cauldron of Galatasaray (1-0), thanks to a solid collective and "a lot of personality", as rejoiced the German coach .

Friable in France despite the presence of Neymar, beefy in Europe without his awesome Brazilian (suspended), the beginning of the Parisian season can turn heads. Against the SCO, the best attack of Ligue 1, Paris has the opportunity to stop playing schizophrenics by delivering a great match in his "kingdom", which could allow him to dig a first gap in mind.

"Our challenge is to maintain our level of play," says Marquinhos.

But Tuchel still has to contend with the absence of Edinson Cavani and the uncertainties around Kylian Mbappé, who is slowly coming back from an injury to a thigh contracted at the end of August. While Leonardo leads the revolution behind the scenes, maybe the terror will wait in Paris ...

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