PSG were beaten in Leipzig in the Champions League on November 4, 2020. -

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  • PSG lost on the lawn of Leipzig on Wednesday evening (2-1) during the third day of the Champions League.

  • The Parisians, who made a very good start, sank after the German equalizer came just before half-time.

  • Even if there were many absent, Paris will have to show more character to bounce back in the competition.

Obviously, if Angel Di Maria had had the good idea to score his penalty to give PSG two goals in a quarter of an hour of play, we might not be there.

But as life is not an uchronia, the observation, this Thursday morning, is that the Parisians lost in Leipzig and that with their three small points, they are in a very bad position at the end of this phase. go chickens.

"We will not stop believing in it, tempers Thomas Tuchel.

We can still turn the situation around, we will have to win the direct confrontation with Leipzig.

It's true, despite the worst start in the Champions League since the arrival of QSI, all is not lost, far from it.

The Germans, like Manchester United, have six points.

The fact of having lost only one goal allows to maintain the hope of a better particular goal difference at the end of the return leg, on November 24 at the Park.

Then it will be time to talk about the trip to Old Trafford.

3 - Paris has gleaned only 3 points in its first 3 matches of the group stage of the LoC, its co-lowest total in the competition with 1997/98 and 2004/05, the only 2 seasons where it did not had failed to get out of the 1st group stage in C1.

Demobilized.

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Only, to stay alive, we will clearly have to raise the level.

Because they managed their best 45 minutes in the competition in the first period, with great intensity and real collective expression, the Parisians sank after Nkunku's equalizer just before returning to the locker room.

“We can't have this less good shot after conceding a goal, we have to stay in the right state of mind,” said Marquinhos.

This goal gave them morale, and for us it was very hard.

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This inability to react raises questions.

Of course, the importance of absences should not be minimized.

No team in the world is the same with or without Neymar and Mbappé.

Verratti, and to a lesser extent Draxler, also missed a lot to get their foot on the ball in midfield.

But midfielder Marquinhos-Gueye-Herrera was cut out for the fight and he drowned completely in the second half.

Moreover, it is no coincidence that Gueye was sent off in the 70th after too many fouls.

The Danilo-Kimpembe axis did not hold the shock either, in particular the French international, still caught in the flag of the VAR and also excluded at the end of the meeting.

Only "details" for Tuchel

Tuchel, however, sees only a story of "details" that have not turned in favor of PSG.

“There were key situations, a penalty for us, one for them, and two red cards.

It was too much against us, ”plague the German coach.

A bit fatalistic, perhaps.

The technician could also have reconsidered his choice to leave Sarabia for Kehrer when he had to score, or that of not bringing Rafinha in until the last minutes.

“The missed penalty changed a lot of things, analyzes Danilo for his part.

It woke up this Leipzig team, they gained confidence and started to put a lot of pressure on us.

Paris did not know how to rise to the challenge.

“I feel like we gave everything, and it was necessary against a team like Leizpig, who play in a very physical style, a bit like Ajax, Liverpool, or Atalanta.

It's super difficult to control the game, adds Tuchel.

In the locker room, the players were really tired, they gave everything.

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"It is between us that it must happen"

PSG have nevertheless shown that they have a long way to go to claim the status of great European.

The cadors have a characteristic: they know not to lose when things are not going well, especially when the qualification promises to be played for nothing.

With Paris, there is still this feeling that everything can derail at the slightest annoyance.

A question of (lack of) character, perhaps.

"We must continue to seek to improve, we must not continue like that, warns captain Marqui.

We have to raise our level if we really want to go far.

And it is between us that it must happen.

The Brazilian is now part of the furniture.

There is nothing irremediable yet, but he feels that this defeat may herald a storm.

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