The response came so spontaneously that a burst of laughter followed her. ” Nope ! “Launched Christophe Galtier when he was asked, Friday at a press conference, on the eve of this PSG-Brest, if it was possible that the Messi-Neymar-Mbappé trio would be at rest before a week that will lead Paris in Haifa (Israel) this Wednesday and Lyon the following Sunday.
While acknowledging the need to “inject freshness to keep everyone involved and the team performing athletically” in a period of matches every three or four days, the coach showed just as firm when it came to giving playing time to Keylor Navas in the Parisian goal: “I’m not the kind of coach to turn over the goalkeeper position. »
The changes of holders this Saturday afternoon will therefore be done in a trickle, even if we can expect many replacements during the match. Renato Sanches, affected in the adductors for at least ten days, will not apply for midfield. Team continuity should allow the Parisian group to continue their work at the start of the season. This will not displease Kylian Mbappé. From the end of the match against Turin on Tuesday, the striker had indeed stressed that there were “many” things to improve.
On Canal +, he had listed the faults that PSG would be well advised to erase. “We really have to insist more on the fact of establishing our game in the opposing camp, trying to really accentuate our highlights, launched the striker. And defensively, when we have weak times, they must not be too weak, we must not be too low and people feel that we are in danger. But if we continue to work well I think we will be right. »
If Galtier could choose to blow Lionel Messi to give Carlos Soler playing time in the new Parisian white jersey, we should find in attack the duo that has been the most talked about since the start of the season: Mbappé-Neymar.
As brilliant as they were accomplices on the first goal against Turin on Tuesday, with the Brazilian’s ladle and the Frenchman’s volley, they seemed more distant than ever when Mbappé forgot to serve Neymar on a 3-0 ball. “The relationship between Ney and Kylian is very good, nevertheless assures Galtier. Yes, there was this match situation and for trading yesterday (Thursday) with Kylian, I think he talked about it with Ney. I’m sure he will assist Ney and vice versa. This would allow Mbappé to continue his hunt for Cavani’s 200-goal record in the Parisian jersey from which he is only twenty lengths away. And Neymar to score for the first time in his career against Brest.
