Expected at the turn, Christophe Galtier missed his first big test with Paris Saint-Germain against Bayern Munich (0-1) on Tuesday in the Champions League. Between his tactical choices and his management of events, the coach of the capital club is overlooked.
Galtier missed against Bayern.
Paris Saint-Germain remains alive. Despite its narrow defeat at the Parc des Princes against Bayern Munich (0-1) on Tuesday, the capital club can still qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
For that, it will be necessary to achieve a small miracle in Germany since the champion of France has never managed to reverse the situation after having lost the first round at home out of the last six previous ones. It will also require a much more inspired Christophe Galtier.
A tasteless PSG
Expected at the turn for his first big test on the European scene since his arrival in Paris, the French coach missed out. Without Kylian Mbapp at kick-off, the southern manager took refuge behind the tactics that allowed him to shine in Lille and to be solid with Nice: a flat 4-4-2. Problem, this PSG has neither Burak Yilmaz nor Andy Delort, to keep the ball and serve as a fulcrum in attack. With Lionel Messi and Neymar unable to find a combination in the last thirty meters, the Parisians had very little chance of upsetting the Bavarian block.
Beyond the tactics, it is the ambitions in the game that have been lacking. Since its return to the Champions League ten years ago, PSG has always shown character in its enclosure. For the first time, the supporters saw their team content to defend very low without ever trying anything before the entry of the French number 7. A lack of character and an absence of audacity which facilitated the work of Julian Nagelsmann, probably happy to see his Parisian counterpart make easy changes (Soler, Zare-Emery, Danilo) without ever questioning his stars.
Galtier spoke to the players
After the meeting, Galtier assured that he did not intend to give up. I hope we can recover freshness and players. We will see. It was a double confrontation and tonight there is no elimination or qualification. I have a lot of hope. We had a discussion in the locker room with the players , explained the technician to the media without specifying the content of this exchange. The former coach of Lille has three weeks to try to breathe new life into his group. Because Mbapp, as strong as he is, will not be able to solve the well-known problems of this team on his own.
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