PSG: unworthy and worrying

Lionel Messi and company must quickly find the right path. CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / REUTERS

MOOD – Like their disappointing performance against Reims (1-1) and two weeks behind Bayern in C1, the Reds and Blues still have their heads in Qatar.

A purge. One more, say the most assiduous followers of PSG. Of course, we can remember the good start to the second half, the fact that Paris was not in more difficulty at 10 than at 11, the fact that Reims only scored in the 96th minute. Powder in the eyes. The Rouge et Bleu flirted with nothingness during the first period against Will Still’s players (1-1). Not an occasion worthy of the name to get your teeth into. No desire, no intensity, no verticality… Nothing. We knew that the post-World Cup could be difficult to manage. Not just for Paris-SG, by the way. Many players will tell you that there is always a form of decompression after a competition of this magnitude. Normally, we have the opportunity to digest all this during the summer and to gradually increase in power at the start of the season, just to arrive at full speed when the season arrives in the decisive phase. Not here. Not this year.

Clearly, some Parisian players don’t have it yet…

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