Paris is betting on the form of its attacking trio
Dazzling against Maccabi Haifa (7-2), Tuesday in the Champions League, can the “MNM” Messi-Neymar-Mbappé chain a new recital? To achieve this, Christophe Galtier met before “the pleasure” of his “three fantastic players”.
We must also think about sparing the bodies of the stars, who play every three days, and want to keep the juice for the World Cup, which begins on November 20.
But “when there is this dynamic, we don’t break it, we maintain it”, explains the coach. “We scored 50 goals, they scored 40 (the three of them, editor’s note), I’m not going to talk to you about fatigue”, continues the coach.
And then “there is the reality of the match, we have an obligation to win against Troyes, that’s how it is”. So the rotation, we will see “over the duration of the match, how it evolves, if we can involve other players. Well, I just gave you the ‘compo’…” smiles Galtier.
“It was stuck in the other system”
Against Haifa, “I saw the players take a lot of fun in their relational techniques, in looking for connections. It is very important that they smoke pleasure, it must continue, ”insists the coach.
The three stars almost signed a double each. “Ney” only scored “one” but, but he provoked the one against his Maccabi side.
The technician continues his tactical research with his staff, and insists on the fact that the 3-4-3, used at the start of the season, is not buried.
But “it got stuck in the other system”, he notes, preferring a four-man defense and a system oscillating between 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 with a diamond-shaped midfielder and “Leo (Messi ) or “Ney” in the heart of the game”.
He changed “following average matches in recent weeks”, seeking “more density in the heart of the game” with three midfielders, plus Neymar or Messi in N.10.
A 21-year-old series
The stellar trio therefore put their work back on the job, before going for first place in their Champions League group in Turin on Wednesday.
Estac does not have the same pedigree as Juventus, but Galtier compliments the work of Trojan coach Bruno Irles. “He met in application what he said on TV sets, he has a real desire to play, to build from very low, his team is pleasant to see play”, warns the Parisian coach.
“We have just come from a very great performance, but we must maintain a requirement, we must refrain from any relaxation, we always have the obligation to win. Victories call for victories but performance must call for performance,” insists Galtier.
Troyes has not beaten PSG for 21 years. Mauricio Pochettino, the former Parisian coach, was in central defense and a former club player had scored the only but of the match, Patrice Loko.
Best memory: in 2016, PSG won their fourth consecutive title in Aube by atomizing Estac 9-0, with a quadruple from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. It is this panache that Galtier and the MNM are looking for.