Thomas Tuchel -

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At the Parc des Princes,

Playground atmosphere in the auditorium of the Parc des Princes after the annoying draw of PSG against Bordeaux.

One or two rows behind us, one wonders which of the journalists present in the room will ask the question that will bring Thomas Tuchel on his team's game, a barely masked allusion to the cracking of the German after the somewhat ugly victory against Leipzig in the middle of the week.

Answer: nobody.

For the simple reason that the Parisian coach agreed with us this time, there was no reason to defend his men, authors - let's put it clearly - of a foul second half at this level.

For those who would not have attended the masterpiece, the attackers and Parisian midfielders spent the last 45 minutes of the game dragging their feet, delivering a somewhat reassuring defense to itself.

No excuses

Result of the races, Tuchel released his players like a canad'air on a burning forest, and he accepts no apologies.

“We still forgot to finish this game because we missed a lot of chances.

We lacked finishing, seriousness in the last pass.

We lacked attitude, effort, discipline.

Usually I always defend my team when I can see reasons for doing it and say why it's difficult.

But today I see no reason to do so ”.

The exit of Verratti and Rafinha, excellent in the first period?

There were already 2-2 when they left the pitch at the hour mark, they had already had time to burn out and relax.

The omnipresence of the Champions League in the calendar?

There are three days between Leipzig and Bordeaux and between Bordeaux and Manchester United, that's more than enough.

This time, the German is pissed off and the notch of demand is raised.

Not too early, we want to say.

But, cunning as a fox, he took advantage of this platform to explain past indulgences.

“After Monaco, I defended the team because it was the truce.

The players had a training session with a lot of travel.

Monaco was away, but today I can't accept the same excuses.

[The C1?] We had 3 days to recover, we play at the Park, we control like that and it's not serious to play a second half like that.

The game and the love of the game require that we give everything.

I have to find out what we did during half-time, why we gave the players the impression that that was enough.

"

The denial of a draw

The time is for self-criticism, to such an extent that the Parisian technician does not want to immediately turn the page and plunge his head into the Mancunian bucket.

“I have the feeling that we lost this game.

[…] We are going to talk and analyze this match and we will only talk about Manchester on Monday.

Good news for Tuchel, the most important man in the locker room, Neymar, joins him in the idea that it is necessary to do better in the Champions League.

"We must improve certain details: play more as a team, be better organized, otherwise it will be difficult", admitted the Brazilian at the microphone of Canal +.

Paris has three days to move from words to deeds.

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PSG-Leipzig: spat and big fatigue, Tuchel on the verge of implosion after victory at the Parc

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