Present at a press conference on Tuesday, Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier addressed the subject of Argentine provocations against Kylian Mbapp, but also the physical and psychological state of Neymar after the World Cup. Without being worried.
Galtier at a press conference
After a long break linked to the 2022 World Cup, Paris Saint-Germain will return to Ligue 1 on Wednesday (9 p.m.) with the reception of Strasbourg. Present at a press conference the day before this meeting, Christophe Galtier, unsurprisingly, did not escape several questions about the World Cup.
The subject of the Argentine celebrations, which notably saw Mbapp, was discussed on Tuesday. The provocations of the Argentines towards the French striker, after the victory in the final against France (3-3, 2-4 pens), raised fears of possible tensions between the Habs and his teammate in club Lionel Messi, who did not not particularly taken to his defense in front of the chambers of goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez in particular. However, Galtier did not express the slightest concern.
Galtier retains the attitude of Mbapp and defends Messi
I’m not going to comment on how they celebrated and what happened is up to the Argentines. I did not manage the case of the Argentinian goalkeeper. What I saw in the final is more important. I saw Kylian and Leo take hands, there is a lot of respect. There was the exemplary attitude of Kylian, who congratulated Leo and the Argentine coach. I remain attached to this. It’s not Leo who chambered, we have to leave him out of it. There is no reason to mix everything up, I did not comment on the behavior of the goalkeeper. Kylian had a very good attitude, he was very sorry but he went to congratulate Leo with a lot of class underlined the PSG coach.
There is no doubt that the reunion between the two men will still be closely scrutinized. It will not be for now because, if Mbapp has already resumed training for a week and will be able to play against Strasbourg, Messi will still take advantage of a few days of rest to celebrate and savor his world title. He returned to Argentina, we decided he was going to take a break until January 1. He will join us either on the 2nd or the 3rd and then resume the competition Galtier told the media.
Neymar is ready to play
Neymar’s return to Ligue 1 lawns will also be watched carefully. Physically and psychologically injured during the World Cup in Qatar, the Brazilian is doing better, according to Galtier. The Paris SG coach assured that the Auriverde striker is well recovered from his ankle injury and wants to quickly play again to recover after the disappointment of his elimination with Brazil in the quarter-finals against Croatia (1-1, 2-4 tabs).
We saw his injury, but behind him he was able to play two games. He was able to get treatment, he had a cut for twelve days where he stayed at home with his medical team to treat this ankle. When he came back he worked normally, he is fine, his ankle is fine. Mentally, he really wants to play , assured Galtier. Within the Parisian staff, there is therefore apparently no reason to worry in this post-World Cup period.
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