ANALYSIS
A few hours from facing Bordeaux at the end of the 26th day of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain crosses an area of strong turbulence. The fault was a defeat in the knockout stages of the Champions League on Tuesday, on the lawn of the German club Borussia Dortmund (2-1). This match showed that fear had invaded the ranks of the capital's club, paralyzed by an event which it stumbles season after season, according to Isabela Pagliari, Brazilian journalist and columnist for Europe 1 Sport.
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It all begins according to her by speaking Neymar, hot, shortly after the meeting. Preserved since his exit against Montpellier for a crack at one side, the Brazilian criticized Paris Saint-Germain for not having let him play before this European meeting, capital for the team. "It was not my choice, it was the club that made this decision," said PSG number ten, quite upset. "I wanted to play, I felt good but the club was afraid. And in the end, it is me and my teammates who suffer."
"Tuchel does not have the last word"
Fear, precisely, it has been on everyone's lips for a few days. And this is the cause of many problems at PSG for Isabela Pagliari. "Tuchel says that his team played with fear, Leonardo intervenes to say that we must stop being afraid, Neymar says that the club was afraid. Today it's Fear Saint-Germain", quips the Brazilian journalist . She explains that Neymar was simply not listened to internally, while facing Lyon, he already thought he could come back.
So why did he not play before facing Dortmund, a match in which he distinguished himself by scoring a goal, but where he also showed his physical limits at the time? The Paris Saint-Germain coach is of course the first target. "But it's not Thomas Tuchel who has the last word," says Isabela Pagliari. The German coach also admitted at a press conference "that he would like Ney to play every match", but that this was not possible. "It is Leonardo, the sports director, who makes the decisions," asserts the journalist.
"As in reality TV"
Isabela Pagliari then lists the controversies that followed this meeting against Dortmund, another sign of the psychological fragility which is currently invading Paris Saint-Germain: "the suspension of Meunier, who did not know what he was risking, Neymar who wanted to play, Tuchel who does not accept his choices, Kimpembe's brother who insults the coach, and the videos on social networks of Icardi's birthday party, Cavani and Di Maria ". In just a few days, you have to admit that it's already a lot for a single club. "In Brazil, one wonders what is going on with this team, one has the impression of being in a reality TV", concludes Isabela Pagliari.