Luis Enrique’s PSG: Winning with Individual Quality and the Struggle for a Defined System

Luis Enrique’s PSG is not far from those of his two predecessors, Pochettino and Galtier. It is a team that wins due to individual quality, that suffers when the rival reaches the area and that does not find, at the moment, a defined system. With many casualties, yes, the Parisians took a hard-fought victory, 1-2, in the Strasbourg field, thanks to the goals of Asensio and Mbappé, who formed a lethal duo that hid the bad game that the capital club played. The Balearic player assisted the Frenchman to make it 0-1 and the captain of Les Bleus assisted the Spaniard to make it 0-2.

The leader of Ligue 1, however, began the game immersed in a monumental traffic jam. In the first minute, Donnarumma had already made two saves, one almost impossible from Dion, with the forward practically finishing in the small area at will. Just two minutes later, Perrin committed a penalty on Kolo Muani and Mbappé ran into the debutant Bellaarouch, who went in tenths of a second from being a complete unknown in Alsace to becoming a national hero, although the joy was going to be fleeting.

Strasbourg grew as the minutes passed and once again accumulated dangerous arrivals. Through a direct and seamless game, always looking for the rival goal, Diarra finished alone in the front and his shot was spit out by the crossbar. PSG was saved again.

Just when the Alsatians were at their best, in a play without apparent danger, the debutant Bellaarouch made an imprudence. With hardly any opposition, the Moroccan made a mistake in a ball delivery that was intercepted by an attentive Asensio and that Mbappé ended up materializing. Bondy’s star made up for the missed penalty and put his team ahead at half-time.

Kylian Mbappé’s goal completely diminished Strasbourg, who entered the second half lethargically and PSG, who if there is one thing they know how to do is take advantage of spaces, did not forgive. In a quick transition, Mbappé, with the outside, found Asensio, who scored at will and scored his fourth goal in Ligue 1, his fourth consecutive start in the league. Strasbourg reduced the gap through Bakwa and turned the final stretch into a total siege in which PSG was able to end up paying the consequences and miraculously emerged victorious.

Changes

Emanuel Emegha (51′, Moïse Sahi), Vitinha (53′, Manuel Ugarte), Danilo Pereira (81′, Marquinhos), Gonçalo Ramos (81′, Randal) Jessy Deminguet (82′, Habib Diarra), Nordi Mukiele (87′, Carlos Soler)

Goals

0-1, 30′: Kylian Mbappe0-2, 48′: Marco Asensio1-2, 67′: Dilane Bakwa

Cards

Referee: Ruddy Buquet
Arbitro VAR: Jeremie Pignard, Mehdi Mokhtari
Ibrahima Sissoko (26′, Yellow) Lucas (29′, Yellow) My junior (53′, Yellow) Marvin Senaya (62′, Yellow) Vieira (76′, Yellow)

Classification Classification PT PJ PG PE PP 8

29
19
8
5
6

9

25
19
6
7
6

10

25
20
6
7
7

11

23
19
5
8
6

12

19
19 4 8 7 Classification PT PJ PG PE PP 1

47
20
14
5
1

2

38
19
11
5
3

3

35
19
10
5
4

4

34
19
10
4
5

5

32
19
8
8
3
2024-02-02 22:09:35
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