Before this 28th day, there are eleven stations left on the way of the cross of PSG, eleven matches to confirm a tenth title of champion of France which would allow the Parisians to equal the record of Saint-Etienne and to pass a little balm on their wounds. .

The club is almost certain to finish champion with its 13 point lead over its runner-up, Nice, but it has so accustomed its supporters to disappointments...

The team must also treat its mental, totally failing in Madrid, where it liquefied against Real (1-0 victory in the first leg, 3-1 defeat in the return), in the round of 16 of the Champions League, when she had the qualification in hand.

The trial of the new comeback has already begun: the failure of the transfer window in solid gold, with the sevenfold Ballon d'Or Lionel Messi, the game developed by Mauricio Pochettino, the fate of sporting director Leonardo, individual bankruptcies...

Criticism, acerbic, rained since Wednesday evening.

This new European affront has brought to the fore the questions that revolve around this rich club but once again powerless in C1.

"Leadership Resignation"

The leaders of the group, except Kylian Mbappé, all went through at the Santiago-Bernabéu.

Banners, hostile songs or a strike of encouragement await the team at Porte d'Auteuil, Sunday noon.

The PSG staff with in the center President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, sports director Leonardo and coach Mauricio Pochettino at the Santiago-Bernabeu stadium, March 8, 2022 GABRIEL BOUYS AFP / Archives

"We are going to show our dissatisfaction and we ask all the lovers of the club present to unite in our actions without violence", writes the Collectif Ultras Paris (CUP) in a press release entitled "Direction resignation".

It is the first time in the QSI era (since 2011) that this body bringing together the most active Parisian supporters has requested the departure of President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, who, they acknowledge, made them return to the Park after the plan Leproux, who had split the groups that had sometimes become violent.

"The atmosphere tomorrow will be the one our fans want, we understand their disappointment, they have the right to express their feelings", reacted Pochettino.

The Park is waiting for a mandatory jump, against the last of the class, Bordeaux, also in the midst of a crisis, a crisis of another kind.

Is it luck?

It is totally unthinkable for the capital club not to win against the Girondins.

"Release this frustration"

In the past, when it found itself in this situation, the team was able to bounce back.

After the original comeback in Barcelona (6-1, 4-0 first leg victory), in 2017, PSG won in Lorient (2-1) then the following five matches in L1.

But it was Mbappé's Monaco who finished champion.

After the snub against Manchester United (3-1, 2-0 first leg victory), PSG torpedoed Dijon (4-0) then beat Olympique de Marseille (3-1) and finished champion.

But Paris, which has lost three of its last four matches (Nantes, Nice, Madrid) must not only beat the Girondins but show impeccable investment.

He can no longer win the Coupe de France either, after being eliminated by Nice in the round of 16.

Pochettino has "rage" and feels "a certain discomfort, it's hard to sleep at night, but we have to assume our responsibilities, that of continuing to think about the championship".

He announced "young people in the group tomorrow", one of the demands of the CUP, which is sorry to see the brilliant elements of the reserve team explode abroad, from Kingsley Coman to Moussa Diaby, and not at PSG.

The disappointment of Lionel Messi and Danilo Pereira contrasts with the joy of Karim Benzema, triple scorer for Real Madrid, on March 9, 2022 at Santiago-Bernabeu JAVIER SORIANO AFP / Archives

"But the most important thing is that the players present on Wednesday can vent this frustration," he adds, and all eyes turn to Messi, who has been very disappointing since his arrival, Neymar and company.

And with which guardian?

After an alternating season between Keylor Navas and Gianluigi Donnarumma, the Italian porter's blunder precipitated the fall of PSG.

But "Keylor has shown his support for + Gigio + and the group", assured Pochettino.

"When we lose we can always say that we could have made another decision, but we will never know," he concluded.

Yet the Park wants answers.

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