THE NOTICE
Parisian fans mishandled the defeat of PSG in the final of the Coupe de France against Rennes on Saturday night (2-2, 6-5 tab). The old players too. Alain Roche wore the shirt of the club of the capital between 1992 and 1998 and said to himself "unpleasantly surprised" by the end of the Parisian season. "It's really difficult this end of the season, I really did not expect that," says our consultant.
According to him, Thomas Tuchel, the coach of Paris Saint-Germain, has inevitably a share of responsibility in the descent to hell of his team at the end of the 2018-2019 fiscal year (defeat against Guingamp in the Coupe de la Ligue, against Manchester United in the Champions League and Rennes in the Coupe de France).
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Tuchel "gave his players too much freedom"
"Thomas Tuchel really seduced me at the beginning of the year with very good results, very interesting tactical choices," said Alain Roche first. It was later that things were spoiled, especially "in the management of players": "He gave them too much freedom at one time.Cool therapy is good, but at one point it has its limits. You have to be demanding, you have to put pressure on the players, you must not let them go, especially not. "
Nevertheless, the German technician must not bear all the responsibility for this failed season. PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi is also in the crosshairs of the former international defender. "Everyone is targeting a governance problem, everyone feels that the president is not strong enough, does not have enough grip on those players, and I think he is responsible for everything he does. has been going on for some time, "said Alain Roche.
At the end of what is, at least in terms of accounting (Trophy champions and title in Ligue 1), the worst season since the beginning of the Qatari era, the Paris Saint-Germain must now prepare for a busy summer.