This Saturday evening, PSG quietly won against FC Metz in Ligue 1 (3-0). A victory which allows the capital club to regain the lead in the Ligue 1 ranking after Lens’ poor performance against Monaco (2-3). In this meeting, Luis Enrique decided to blow off certain executives and in particular Marquinhos who was brilliantly replaced by Zabarnyi. The Ukrainian defender was very calm with the ball, solid in the duels and precise in the recovery. To the point of seeing a future for him in midfield? This is the question asked by a journalist after the meeting, believing that Luis Enrique’s tactical flexibility could offer this solution. But not for the Spanish coach.
“Zabarnyi is a very big player, but he is a central defender. I never use a central one in the middle. Almost never, I would say. Normally this midfield position is for a player, for me, with a lot of individual qualities, more of an attacker than a defender. If you look and you see which players have played with me as midfielders, they are players who are attackers. Vitinha was a player who played in front of the attackers. Normally, they are players with more fantasy, individual quality. But Zabarnyi played at this level, I’m very happy. It’s the first year and it’s hard to have confidence and be ready to play every game. But I am very happy with his performance. »
