Europe 1 with AFP 7:41 p.m., February 11, 2023

An amorphous Paris Saint-Germain lost 3-1 this Saturday afternoon on the lawn of Monaco.

A poor performance which comes three days after an exit from the road in the Coupe de France against the Marseille rival from the 8th finals.

Worrying a few days before the reception of Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Totally overwhelmed, PSG were outclassed in Monaco (3-1), Saturday during the 23rd day of Ligue 1, and plunged into doubt three days before the shock against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

This severe defeat, which comes just after an inglorious elimination in Marseille in the Coupe de France (2-1), only confirms the catastrophic situation of the capital club.

Since the resumption of national competitions after the 2022 World Cup, this team is unrecognizable and its game is falling apart a little more with each of its outings.

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Admittedly, Paris was deprived of several major players (Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Marco Verratti, injured) and the eleven fielded by Christophe Galtier was experimental.

But the Parisian technician will not be able to take refuge for long behind the excuse of absences as his troops seem to have lost their footing in recent weeks.

Little reassuring before challenging Bayern Munich in the Champions League

For Galtier, the state of grace at the start of the season is already ancient history and it is with enormous pressure on his shoulders that he will have to prepare for the arrival on Tuesday at the Parce des Princes of the six-time European champions.

Seeing the distressing spectacle offered by PSG in the Principality, Bayern has reason to be reassured even if Messi and Verratti should find their places in three days.

After this knockdown suffered on the Rock, it is indeed with low morale and an extremely weakened coach that the champions of France, beaten for the 4th time in a month and a half, will welcome the Bavarian ogre.

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At this rate, the Parisian leader could even worry about defending his national title, Monaco, his new provisional runner-up, having only 7 points behind in the L1 standings before the OM match, 3rd at 8 lengths, in Clermont, Saturday evening (9 p.m.).

Everything went wrong for Paris, who conceded a goal from Alexandr Golovin in the 5th minute by taking advantage of the apathy of a beleaguered defense, like the young El Chadaille Bitshiabu, largely at fault on this goal as on the next one scored by Wissam Ben Yedder (18th).

The French international then offered himself a double (45th + 2) to climb to the top of the L1 scorers' rankings tied with Reims Folarin Balogun (14 goals).

"Wake up, you're cracking us up" 

The addition could even have been more salty without the multiple parades of Gianluigi Donnarumma (15th, 27th, 40th, 82nd, 90th + 1), the young Warren Zaire-Emery having reduced the mark shortly before the break (39th).

Enough to arouse the anger of the Parisian supporters massed in the visitor parking lot of the Louis-II stadium who unfurled an unambiguous banner ("Wake up, you make us crack") before asking the Parisian players to "wet the shirt" and to smoke out the Monegasque enclosure with pyrotechnic devices.

Galtier will always be able to use the pretext of the numerous absences and a "little virus" having affected part of the workforce which forced him to modify his standard team from top to bottom.

But when it comes to tackling the big European deadlines, the lack of psychological resilience of his men is as worrying as the numerous individual bankruptcies, like that of Neymar, transparent throughout the match when he was supposed to be the leader. PSG without Mbappé, Messi or Verratti.

The only good news: the return in the 79th minute of Presnel Kimpembe, long injured in the Achilles tendon, a first since November 13.

"Presko" will thus perhaps solidify a rear guard which is taking on water from all sides.

One thing is certain after this stinging setback: the meeting against Bayern will be crucial for the rest of the PSG season and undoubtedly the future of Galtier, who will play very big on Tuesday.