Barça at a disadvantage against PSG?
Barça will have to face PSG without Eric Garcia and Jules Koundé, both of whom are out. Nothing to discourage the Catalans who are on a brilliant 11/11 in all competitions and do not intend to stop there. “The time to measure yourself against the champion has come” underlines the Catalan media while Mundo Deportivo talks about a duel at the top between the two most beautiful teams in Europe. A duel at the top certainly, but unbalanced to believe Sport who does not hesitate to speak of an advantage for the Parisians given the minutes played by the executives since the start of the season. “Dembélé will receive Barça very rested” mentions the daily before supporting its point by comparing the playing time of the members of the two teams since the start of the season, starting with the Parisian Ballon d’Or. 140 minutes in 2 Champions League matches played and 238 minutes in Ligue 1 spread over 5 matches. Repeated absences linked to the management of Luis Enrique with the exception of the match against LOSC where Dembélé was injured. And the Catalan press does not stop there in his comparison, Zaire-Emery is the player to have played the most minutes on the Parisian side, just under 80%, while Kvhicha Kvaratskhelia has played barely 60% and Fabian Ruiz has played just over half. 8 days.
Arsenal, a much criticized winner
In England, another victory by the smallest of margins for Arsenal (1-0), this time on the lawn of Nottingham Forest, thanks to a late goal from Noni Madueke. The Gunners continue their momentum with a 6th victory in 7 days of the championship, but also continue not to excite the English press like the Daily Mail who bluntly qualifies Arteta’s gang as the “unwatchable” which can literally be translated as the unwatchable. “No spark, no flair and no magic, the invincibles have become the unwatchable”, that has the merit of being clear. But for the moment, Arsenal continues and keeps in contact with Manchester City.
Bruno Genesio restores confidence to Igor Paixão
OM had a second consecutive success in the league and Igor Paixão finally scored. Unhappy and clumsy since the start of the season, the Brazilian finally unlocked his counter at the end of the match on the pitch at SCO Angers. A reward that he owes in part to his trainer, Bruno Genesio. “ What is very important are the goals of all our offensive players and in particular of Igor, who really needed them to regain confidence » before detailing his coaching. “ I’m going to tell you a secret. We left it until the end because we know that at the end of the match, there are often opportunities, especially when the opponent has to give in. We said to ourselves that we had to keep him on the pitch, because he would have an opportunity to score. It’s good, it’s important for the mentality of the attackers. But apart from his goal, he made a lot of defensive and offensive runs and risk-taking, which were rewarded in the end. » A confidence which should allow Igor Paixão to finally launch his season and help OM, currently 8th in the ranking, to continue their rise.
