Seen and read about the PSG in the national press this Friday, April 16, 2021, the day before reception of AS Saint-Etienne on behalf of the 33rd day of Ligue 1, at the Parc des Princes. It will be without Neymar, Gana Gueye or Leo Paredes, suspended. Injured in the thigh since Tuesday Abdou Diallo is forfeited. As Marquinhos, who entered a race against time to play against City. Mauro icardi could continue his program to replay next week in the Coupe de France against Angers. Finally, we can expect presences in the group ofAlessandro Florenzi, Marco Verratti and Layvin Kurzawa.
“Watch out for the descent”, title The team to warn PSG of a slump after a European feat, even though the Greens have not won at the Parc for eight years. Indeed, the Rouge & Bleu lost 11 points (out of 21) this season after winning or drawing in the Champions League. “Internally, we ensure that Ligue 1 is a priority objective”, explains the sports newspaper. But “In the current context of a pandemic, PSG players have not necessarily been less spared than others, but they have had to play more, not to mention international gatherings. Suddenly, throughout this endless season, organizations are suffering in unprecedented proportions. Pochettino’s current typical team has a record of 493 days of downtime due to the Covid, muscle fatigue, beatings or other pain, the prize goes to Neymar with 94 days in the infirmary. Above all, it has often happened that these injuries or fatigue occur during a Champions League match. The richness of the workforce should make it possible to fill these gaps, but decompression after moments full of emotions is, at times, difficult to avoid. Only this morning, PSG are three points from Lille. And tomorrow it may be six (with one game less). So the Parisians will have to learn to play on these two beautiful paintings. ”
Handball, PSG and Montpellier will face each other on Saturday in the clash at the top of the French Championship in Coubertin. On May 15, they will also meet again at the Accor Arena in the Coupe de France final, for which they qualified thanks to their ranking in the Lidl Starligue. “PSG had the possibility to withdraw in order to prepare as well as possible for his Champions League quarter-final against Kiel, whose first leg will take place on Wednesday 12 May and return on 19 ″. According to information from The team, the Parisian club will not use it.
Back to football. The Parisian estimate that “The success observed against Barcelona and Bayern owes a lot” at Mauricio Pochettino. “On and off the pitch, he corrected, improved, changed Tuchel’s PSG to shape this team which now arouses a form of fear in Europe”. Internally, Pochettino “Felt that Mbappé was not being served or highlighted enough, that the team was not playing enough on his qualities”, we read. “With that in mind and in Neymar’s absence, he brought Verratti closer to the world champion to feed him some good balls. Like many others before him, the Argentinian technician felt the game revolved too much around Neymar, as solar as it is eclipsed. […] Pochettino has put his work in order and everyone rediscovered the hard pleasure of the exhausting sessions. This taste of sweat seems beneficial to everyone, especially players who enjoy high workloads, such as Gueye, overkill for a few weeks. He brought calm to the club. At PSG, Pochettino does not complain about anything. If a major player is absent, he will try to find other solutions without making a big deal out of it. The team is stronger than the rest. Against Bayern, Di Maria, Neymar and Mbappé are “stripped” as rarely. The success of the business should inspire them to start over. This is good: there is a Champions League final to be fetched at the beginning of May. ”