PSG can breathe. If Luis Enrique’s troops will have to finish the job, on March 5, in the den of Anoeta in San Sebastian, the club from the capital nevertheless took a good option, this Wednesday evening, by winning ( 2-0) against Real Sociedad. A sluggish success which, however, took time to take shape, a direct consequence of an overall very disappointing first act. Questioned at a press conference following this European shock, the Parisian technician confirmed the trend observed: “there were 2 different halves. The first is for Real Sociedad, we had a lot of trouble. But football is capricious, in the second half we changed things. More pressing, we overcame their pressing with more space. I believe that since I arrived, we can see how the team is evolving. I like what I see, we are a difficult team to press. In the first period we were not successful, we are still at an initial stage in the first season”analyzed the former Barça coach.
How, then, to explain such a difference in level between the two halves achieved by PSG? Present at the microphone of Canal + At the end of this meeting, Marquinhos (29 years old) certainly gave part of the explanation, admitting that the walls of the Ile-de-France locker room had shaken during the break, Luis Enrique hardly appreciating the course of events. “We had a lot of difficulties in the first half. It’s a team that has a lot of mobility and commitment. We knew it was going to be difficult. The coach pulled our ears, we talked to each other. In the second half, it was much better. We knew that if we managed to get out of the dry cleaners, we would have space. The coach was very angry. Luis is someone who always tells us the truth”noted the Brazilian.
The PSG locker room has been stolen!
A big rant, despite everything, allowing the Parisians to have this burst of pride upon returning from the locker room, like their attacking trio, much more threatening. Questioned in turn about this rare event to be highlighted, Bradley Barcola confirmed, in turn, the black anger of his trainer. “He asked for more intensity, more movements, to talk between us”admitted the former Lyonnais at the microphone of RMC Sport before completing to Canal + : “mentally, we didn’t expect that and the coach pointed that out to us at half-time by giving us more instructions”. If Kylian Mbappé, for his part, did not wish to return to this episode experienced by the Rouge et Bleu during the break, the Bondynois also recognized that the reigning French champions had encountered a lot of “difficulty getting out of the dry cleaners” Basque. Passing through the mixed zone, Gianluigi Donnarumma, for his part, wanted to send a strong message to his coach despite the soap he received a few minutes earlier.
“It’s normal, he’s an extraordinary coach who asks the maximum of us, it’s normal to get a little angry. He gives everything for the team and we have to give everything for him. What did the coach insist on? On possession of the ball. We had to take more risks, go out with me and the defenders more times. In the second half, we did it very well. We score two goals but it’s not over because it will be difficult there, it will be a different match.launched the last Italian rampart before ensuring that the Parisian locker room had not taken the Spanish coach’s clear exit badly. “We are a very united team, the team took it (his words) well because we saw that in the first half we had a lot of difficulties. That’s good, that’s normal. It was surely linked to the psychological but also a little to the tactical aspect, they have extraordinary players, we didn’t take any risks in the first half and we did it better in the second half. The goal freed us, Barcola’s second too afterwards, but it’s not over, there is Ligue 1 and this return match now.. In the meantime, Luis Enrique’s black anger will certainly have saved PSG from a distressing evening…
