Despite many absent in the Parisian ranks – including Neymar, suspended – Claude Puel does not expect a party of fun against the reigning champion this Sunday (kick off at 1 p.m.). The coach of the Greens does not hide it: this meeting is a bonus match for ASSE, stuck in the bottom of the standings. “The match in Paris is a prestigious match. We would like to be the referees of the next champion because we play in Paris and then in Lille. We have to have that ambition, ”Puel told a pre-match press conference on Friday.
“We will face a team at the top of its form”
“I can see since their qualification that a lot of things are said about the Parisians to remind them that they have to perform better after the Champions League matches,” continued the technician. I think they will be well informed and focused on their topic (smile). Everyone wants the four in front (Lille, Paris, Monaco and Lyon) to pull the plug to the end. We know we’re going to face a team at their peak. She showed it against Bayern Munich but also in Strasbourg (4-1) with a reshaped group. This is training, on paper, superior to us. You have the opportunity to play a team at its highest level with always, in the corner of the head, the desire to take three points. ”