The defeat by Bayern (1:0) in the first match of the round of 2023 of the Champions League only confirmed one fact - PSG is playing very badly in XNUMX.
The current champion of France played 11 games in all competitions this year, and suffered as many as five defeats. That is more lost games than in the entire year of 2022, when the players of the French team left the field four times with their heads bowed.
There is another interesting piece of information in that story - PSG lost three games in a row for the first time since November 2011. First, they were kicked out of the Cup by Olympique de Marseille (2:1), then Monaco was better in League 1 (3:1), and then Bayern beat them last night in the Champions League (1:0).
Last month, the team was defeated by Lance and Ren, so it is clear that behind the team of Christophe Galtier is a difficult period. And what worries people in Paris the most is the fact that PSG is on the threshold of early elimination from Europe this season as well. The champion of France lost to Bayern last night (1:0), with a goal by Kingsley Coman, who just started his playing career in Paris Saint-Germain. Koman first came to PSG as a nine-year-old, and made his debut at the age of 16.
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"The first hour was difficult, they took the ball away from us and put pressure on us. There was not much depth in our game. We wanted to play more on the wings," PSG coach Christophe Galtier believes.
In 2020, PSG lost to Bayern in the final of the Champions League, and a year later, the Bavarians were better in the quarter-finals. Then, last year in the epic meeting of the round of XNUMX, Real Madrid was better, so that this season Bayern could again be fatal for the Parisians.
"We are disappointed. But after the first game, no one advanced or was relegated," said Galtije, who, according to French media, is already at the exit door. Allegedly, the club's management has prepared his dismissal in case of elimination from the Champions League, and Zinedine Zidane is mentioned as a potential candidate.
On the eve of the match with Bayern, Kylian Mbappe's performance was questionable. The young Frenchman was injured at the beginning of the month, it was speculated that he would miss the first meeting with the Bavarians, but he managed to recover. He entered the game in the second half, played for half an hour and scored a goal, which was disallowed for offside, and forced Pavar to be sent off at the end of the match.
"The performance in the last half hour gives us hope for the second leg. Kilian's contribution is vital and the others play braver when he is on the pitch. The second leg is in three weeks - I hope we will be fresher and more complete. I hope we will go through , we talked in the dressing room. I believe we can win in Munich, or at least take the match to a penalty shootout," Galtije is optimistic.
Lionel Messi, whose performance was also questionable, was in PSG's attack last night, as well as Neymar, who was in the center of attention in the previous days due to a conflict with sporting director Luis Campos. Their influence on the game was negligible, and only Mbappe's entry changed the situation on the field. The site "Goal.com" writes that it is no wonder that PSG wants to sell Neymar in the summer, while "Marka" continues and writes that the Brazilian is no longer the leader of the team.
"I'm very disappointed for the fans. We will have to show much more character in the second leg and a much more specific game. We always want to win and be the best we can be, but this is football. Sometimes we play well, sometimes badly. Of course, we always look at the result. We will have to do much better in Munich," said Sergio Ramos after the match.
In the analysis after the game, the Spanish "Marka" writes that PSŽ is on the ropes, "which is nothing new", and that the situation at the club is complicated. An influential Spanish newspaper writes that Galtije is not capable of starting the team, and that the reinforcements did not contribute much.
PSG started the season well, but after the World Cup the situation changed 180 degrees. In League 1, they have five points more than the second-placed Marseille, while in the Champions League, they are once again on the threshold of elimination already in the round of XNUMX.
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