On November 4, 2020, he left Leipzig with a red card, a penalty conceded for a hand and a defeat (2-1). A year later, the picture is a bit more positive but not sure that Presnel is satisfied. PSG conceded a draw (2-2) Wednesday night in Germany for this 4th day of the Champions League. A poor performance after being joined in stoppage time on a penalty caused by “Presko”, nervous the whole game.
With this gross mistake, the 26-year-old Parisian defender (197 games since 2014) became the PSG player who conceded the most penalties in the capital, tied with Thiago Silva. This is what the Opta agency, which has been analyzing the competition since 2003-2004, has recorded. It is important to note that Presnel has played almost half as many C1 matches (37) under the Parisian colors than the Brazilian (60), now at Chelsea.
The “titi” has often been criticized for these concentration swings. Just after the 2018 World Cup, he had had a tough season. Setbacks symbolized by his fault of hand against Manchester United which costs the elimination of the eighth-final in the Champions League and his goal against his side in the final of the Coupe de France against Rennes. In March 2021, he was also guilty of a CSC with the France team against Ukraine but overall, Kimpembe had managed to erase his slag. It had even become indisputable in the mind of Didier Deschamps like Euro 2021.
Since the resumption of the season, he seems to have fallen back into his faults. According to France Info, it displays its worst statistics in terms of balloons recovered (4.3 per 90 minutes), aerial duels won (1 per 90 minutes) and in percentage of starts concluded without conceding a goal (18.8%: 3/16).
Not the only defensive worry
Obviously, isolating an individuality from a collective state of form has its limits. Especially with this PSG without a conductive line. Only, despite an imperial Marquinhos, the men of Pochettino worry defensively. The club have conceded five goals in four games and some statistics put them in the cart of European teams.
According to RMC Sport, Only Club Brugge, Besiktas, Sheriff Tiraspol and Malmö have conceded more shots on target per game this season in the Champions League (6). PSG also ranks 26th out of 32 in terms of “expected goals” (2.14 per match), a data calculated by algorithms and supposed to quantify the number of goals that a team is supposed to take in view of the physiognomy of the team. match and adversity.
