• PSG are leaders in L1 with 17 goals after only three days.

    Many see it as the beginnings of a hegemonic season.

  • Rumor has it that Galtier and Campos have set their players the goal of finishing the season unbeaten.

  • This would be an unprecedented event in France.

    In Europe, the most famous example to date remains that of Arsenal, in 2003-04

There are few things you can't buy with Qatar's unlimited money.

The Champions League, for example, but not only.

Since QSI took charge of the club in 2011, Paris Saint-Germain have broken almost every record possible, from the number of points scored in Ligue 1 to the most consecutive victories.

But he has so far never been able to add his name to the list of unbeaten domestic champions, the most famous European example of which remains that of Arsenal's Invincibles (2003-04).

This feat, which no French team has ever achieved, is said to be one of the unofficial goals set in the locker room by Luis Campos and Christophe Galtier.

The latter may have publicly denied the existence of such a test before the humiliation in order of Losc, he was betrayed by Vitinha, who considers this group "capable" of such a feat.

The Portuguese is not too badly placed to speak despite his young age: Porto, came very close to the perfect copy last season (a defeat on the 31st day) with a squad without players of the caliber of Neymar, Messi and Mbappé .

The Dragons are also part of the few invincible major European championships (considering in a totally arbitrary way that the limit of respectable Leagues stops at the Eredivisie).

Notable undefeated champions over the past 30 years

1991-92: AC Milan

1994-95: Ajax

2003-04: Arsenal

2010-11 and 2012-2013: FC Porto

2011-12: Juventus

Wenger had made it his mission not to lose to his Invincibles

To return to our Parisian sheep, and without wanting to shower the enthusiasm justified in view of the first slaps distributed by the gang to Galtier, the Paris of QSI has only very rarely been able to make the suspense last.

Under Laurent Blanc, PSG held until the 27th day before losing against Lyon.

OL, dream breaker: Unai Emery lost for the first time in the league in 2018-19 after the 23rd match against these same Lyonnais.

To give an idea of ​​the magnitude of the bazaar: we are talking about seasons with 96 and 91 points.

But it is not necessarily about doing better to achieve the goal of invincibility.

Arsène Wenger, in an interview with the daily Le Parisien at the start of the year.

“Some teams are more dominant today than we were then.

It's not about potential.

Of the 49 games of the season, we have drawn 12.

That means you can lose at least 12 times.

»

The 2011-2012 Juve did even worse, with 15 draws in 38 days.

“The great lesson of this thing, continues the Alsatian, is that to seal a group, build it around a common objective, you must not be afraid to display your ambitions.

The former coach of FC Porto, Vitor Pereira, craftsman of the perfect of 2012-2013 designated the internal requirement as a vector of regularity.

“You didn't need to lose a game to be under pressure, a draw was enough.

Galtier and Campos were therefore right to challenge their players – if they really did.

PSG tends to relax with the C1

One last lesson from Wenger, for the road.

“When I tell them the goal of being an undefeated champion, they all think the coach has lost his mind.

Then, the state of grace is created, this state when everyone plays just for him and for the others.

It's unique.

[…] Consistency in life and in sport is the hardest thing to achieve.

The refusal of defeat, even on a Wednesday evening in December in Sheffield in the wind, the cold and on a disgusting ground, this non-relaxation, it is sensational.

I have immense respect for that.

»

The recent history of PSG tends to confirm that this perpetual quest for regularity is the hardest there is.

This group has made a house specialty the relaxation before or after (sometimes both) major European games, not to mention the void left by premature European shipwrecks style Camp Nou or Bernabeu.

Hard to re-motivate behind to hit Clermont or Lorient.

To avoid air pockets, Christophe Galtier intends to rely on the depth of his workforce to concern the whole group throughout the season.

The end-of-summer marathon which begins on Sunday at the Parc, against Monaco, will be a good test to see if this group is capable of consistency.

“We start a 21-day cycle with seven games, between the championship and the Champions League with high goals.

I have a quality squad and I will build on it.

" Until the end ?

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