Champions League: Tuchel, responsible for the defeat of PSG against Manchester United?

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And Marcus Rashford again defeated Paris Saint-Germain ... Tuesday night, as in the knockout stages of the 2019 Champions League, the young Manchester United striker allowed his team to win at the Parc des Princes in the last minutes of the meeting (2-1).

And like a year and a half ago, the Parisians are far from having shone against the players of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Is it Thomas Tuchel's fault?

For the consultants of Europe 1, the Parisian coach is partly responsible for this inaugural defeat.

"Always the same story" with Tuchel 

"With Tuchel, it's always the same story", plague journalist Nabil Djellit at the microphone of Lionel Rosso.

"It's a team that plays on two players (Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, editor's note), we know immediately what they want to do, they win, they come to get the ball, they fix."

Tuesday evening, undoubtedly blunted by the international truce, the golden tandem of Paris Saint-Germain did not know how to pierce the Mancunian lock.

The only Parisian goal of the match was scored against his side by the Frenchman Anthony Martial, from a corner.

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Nabil Djellit goes further on the face displayed by the capital club for its entry into the competition: "The performance of PSG is absolutely unworthy of a Champions League finalist", he criticizes.

“Collectively, we haven't seen anything. I'm really wondering what Thomas Tuchel is bringing today,” who is entering his third season on the Paris bench.

#Tuchel: "I didn't need that to know that the group is difficult. It was like that today, we had difficulty finding the right frame of mind."

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Lack of ambition in the midfield

A game system that is too little varied, insufficiently exploited pass axes or replacements without added value are they at the origin of this defeat?

"Thomas Tuchel did not make wise choices, such as leaving Alessandro Florenzi (the right side, editor's note)", points out coach Reynald Pedros.

“Does he have a choice on the bench” to do better?

"I find that the PSG bench can be a problem over time."

In a Parc des Princes behind closed doors, the players of the Parisian midfielder have in any case not been able to gain the upper hand over that of the Red Devils.

And it was felt on the overall form of the team: "The game plan seems a bit hazy when Neymar and Kylian Mbappé are not at the top", regrets former player Jimmy Algerino.

Asked at a press conference about the low level displayed by the midfielder, the German technician was evasive: "It's like that," he said.

However, it should be noted that the owner and manager of the team Marco Verratti was absent.

A "political management" of the team?

As much as the lack of ambition in the game, Nabil Djellit finally criticizes Thomas Tuchel for "political management of the workforce".

"I have the feeling that he cannot say anything" to Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, on whom the Parisian game is "concentrated".

"He lines up more players than a team."

Certainly, his is already in the second group match, against Istanbul Basaksehir, next week.