Xeka and Gueye in the duel, March 17, 2021 at the Parc des Princes.

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At the Parc des Princes,

It sometimes happens that we do not see the same game as the players or the coaches.

Because we do ten thousand things at the same time (the good excuse) and also because we don't know anything about football, most of the time.

Regarding PSG-Lille, we were pretty sure we had identified the scenario: a northerner team quite sure of itself but weighed down by two kid's mistakes behind and Burak's lack of baraka in front.

It turns out that Christophe Galtier, a man who is esteemed above all else, looked much more critical than us on his team, especially his first 45 minutes.

“The score may seem severe, but you can't compete with Paris if you only play half time.

Our first half is timid, I think we watched them play a little too much.

This lack of aggressiveness on the ball carrier was not our football, nor our game plan. Is it linked to the fact that PSG makes you run a lot when it is cool?

We did not play a cup match, there are too many missing for the entire match.

There are 45 minutes where we have to be at another level in the character of the team ”.

Pan on the beak.

However, contrary to the fears raised here and there, the northerner coach had not ignored the Lille meeting.

Many regulars in his starting XI, and the return of Burak Yilmaz, on the flank for weeks.

It was night and day with David, or rather night and day when David replaced him at half-time and he probably missed "a game, a game and a half" in the legs of the Turk to "play differently" this golden duel from the start against Navas.

But now, the Losc can not run in the same proportions as the PSG without losing at least a little in overall quality.

Marbles to do better on April 3

Thus, poor Djalo particularly penalized his friends by missing his intervention on this fleeing center of Di Maria, even if Maignan was not all white at the time either.

The Portuguese defender could also have caused another penalty on a hand that was a little too wandering after a rush from Kean, before sinking on Mbappé's last acceleration.

What is reassuring, anyway?

Djalo will return to the bench in three weeks, for the only PSG-Lille that really matters.

That of April 3, where the championship can be played in part, if Paris still takes its feet in the crampons in Lyon.

“We will see in what form we will be in three weeks, sweeps Galtier, who does not really want to project himself there.

The future will tell us if this defeat can serve us.

We will rely on it in the preparation of the match to show that we have to have a lot more desire to defend by moving forward, even if that means leaving them a lot of space behind our backs ”.

And to recall that last year, his team had released Monaco in the League Cup on Wednesday before being spanked on Saturday (5-1).

That's good, 5-1 against PSG, Lille has already done it.

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