Get rid of Paint and Photoshop (episode 673) -

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This is the lot of football version pandemic but the fact remains that Mauricio Pochettino would do without countless repeated absences within his workforce.

Because these “ups and downs” which sounded like excuses of bad loser in the mouth of the Argentinian after the defeat against Losc in L1 have again come to stand in the way of Paris Saint-Germain against Bayern Munich.

Without great consequences for the moment, of course, but it is still a little too early to celebrate.

First, because there is one match left - preceded by another barely less important in Strasbourg - and two, because it has not yet been said that the most worrying case, that of Marquinhos, have a happy outcome.

The Brazilian, released after half an hour of play after scoring the second Parisian goal, felt, according to his coach, "a pain in the groin.

We hope that is not serious and that he will be available quickly ”.

As we have understood, for the time being, all this is more a matter of prayer than of medical analysis.

Thomas Tuchel, get out of this body

In case the bad news Marquinhos extends further than a few days, the Argentinian technician will still be able to draw, as was the case on Wednesday, from the experimental pool of his predecessor.

You guessed ?

Bingo, we're talking about Danilo Pereira.

Forcibly converted into a stopper by Thomas Tuchel, the Portuguese rendered proud services to the Allianz Arena, especially in the air, although he was at fault on Choupo-Moting's goal.

He was anyway much more operational than Thilo Kehrer, still upset by the surge of online harassment he suffered after Lille and Abdou Diallo, released at half-time because he was ill.

Of course, Poche and PSG are not the only victims of the Covid or the frantic pace of the season.

Bayern must contend without Lewandowski for the quarterfinals and lost Gnabry in the last minute before the first leg, before seeing Goretzka and Sule exit prematurely on Wednesday.

But the entries of Davies or Boateng must be opposed that of Mitchel Bakker or the tenure of Colin Dagba.

Without forgetting that the Parisian technician managed the feat of running Julian Draxler for 90 minutes in the midfield, which was also admitted to burnt out at the end of the meeting.

Well, ok, we digress a bit.

Starting from the a little too optimistic assumption that no one will come out injured from the trip to Strasbourg and that no new case of Covid will occur in the Parisian workforce, Paris will record at least two reinforcements of weight for the return match: Paredes and Verratti ( the case of the Italian remains unclear).

Finally, Pochettino can also applaud Neymar, whose coup de sang against Lille turns out to be a posteriori a genius idea since it will allow him to stay under the bell for a week.

No refusal these days.

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  • Mauricio Pochettino

  • Paris

  • Bayern Munich

  • Champions League

  • PSG

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