No Neymar in Montpellier.

The Brazilian "suffers from muscle fatigue" and remained in treatment on Tuesday, announced Christophe Galtier on the eve of the trip to Hérault on behalf of the 21st day of Ligue 1. The PSG coach will also be deprived of Marco Verratti, suspended, but can count on Nuno Mendes, back from injury.

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Without Neymar, Galtier should establish Hugo Ekitike, rather in the legs when he replaced Messi then Mbappé on the return from the World Cup.

This absence will in any case be a bit of a vacation for the Parisian coach, still questioned at length on Tuesday about the (non) efforts of his three stars in the defensive phases, glaring during the pitiful draw against Reims on Sunday and moreover raised by the captain of Reims Abdelhamid in a fairly cash way: "It was easy to get the ball out because the three in front are not defending", had dropped the latter in the mixed zone.

Not a reason to throw everything out the window according to Galtier.

“We have three incredibly strong players at PSG offensively.

Kylian, Leo and Ney have 55 goals and 34 assists since the start of the season.

To say that we have to deprive ourselves of one of the three players to be balanced is a mistake, ”he said.

"January was not good"

However, the former Nice coach assumed the choice of the word “sufficiency” to scratch his players after the Rémoise porridge.

“It was my reaction to hot, confirmed by what I reviewed in analysis, he said.

I repeated it to my players this morning (Tuesday), we must find rigor, requirement, individual and collective efforts.

We have to rediscover what we saw very often in the first months, we have to rediscover the taste for efforts for others.

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Galtier is well aware that the upcoming deadlines - Monaco, OM twice and of course Bayern Munich in the Champions League - oblige PSG to raise the bar quickly if everyone wants to avoid a big zone of turbulence.

“I listen to you, read and watch on TV.

You are right, we must quickly find a better game, he recognized.

But I wouldn't say it's urgent.

It happens in a season that there is a bad period, I believe that is the case.

January was not good, let's work to make February better.

There is no choice, anyway.

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