Will PSG succeed in imitating Real Madrid, the only team to have managed to retain their Champions League title? Despite its difficulties in December-January, the capital club is in the semi-finals and its latest performances against Chelsea or Liverpool, certainly in difficulty, impressed observers.
This is particularly the case of Karim Benzema who is full of praise for the reigning European champions, “one of the best teams in the world” even if the names are not as high-sounding as at Real Madrid.
“At PSG, which is good when you put the starting team in, it plays, it plays… But the coach, when he makes a change in the 60th, in the 70th, and the guys who come in, they bring you more than those who started the match. And these are, supposedly, the replacements. Do you imagine or not? “, he said during an Instagram live with rapper Rohff.
“They all fuel together, and the replacements, they fuel the same”
“Everyone knows what they have to do, what they have to contribute. The starter knows what he has to do, the replacement knows what he has to do. The replacement guy doesn’t sulk”he added before making a comparison with Real Madrid. “In Madrid, it’s complicated because it doesn’t play too much as a team,” he underlined. PSG is not a team of stars, apart from (Ousmane) Dembélé, the Ballon d’Or. But let it go: it presses, it defends, it attacks, it runs…”
And KB9 insists. “The best known at PSG is Luis Enrique. But it’s a real Paris team. You put whoever you want in front, they all fuel together, and the replacements, they fuel the same. That’s why they’re strong.” he appreciated again, admiringly.
