Dembélé boycotted?
A few days before a major shock in the Champions League against Salzburg, PSG must reassure themselves in the championship against Auxerre this evening. A meeting that Dembélé should once again start as a substitute, while the latter will be suspended against the Austrian club. The newspaper The Parisian returns to the “disenchantment» between Luis Enrique and the Frenchman who would today explain Dembélé’s new status. After the perfect understanding at the start, the relationship between the PSG striker and his coach deteriorated somewhat over the course of the season. First point of contention: Dembélé thought he was responsible for taking the penalties. Except that the coach decided to designate Vitinha as number 1 shooter, without informing the locker room. The first real break took place at the end of September after Rennes, notes the newspaper. Luis Enrique points out the player’s selfish behavior in front of the entire group. Finally, the Arsenal episode only reinforced the distance between the two men today.
The hype for the Club World Cup begins!
The new format of the Club World Cup and its draw took place last night! As a reminder, 32 teams will compete against 7 previously with one objective at stake: “the world», as the newspaper puts it Marca. Well obviously, it’s a play on words on the part of the Spanish media. The two Madrid clubs have also hit the jackpot since Atlético falls into the PSG group and Madrid finds Neymar’s Al-Hilal reports A.S.which will give us a nice reunion between Mbappé and Ney. “The gold of the world“, this is what the two Italian representatives, Inter and Juventus, will try to achieve, writes La Gazzetta dello Sport. As relayed TuttosportThiago Motta’s gang will face Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City while Inter inherits a rather affordable group with River Plate or the Monterrey Tigers. For O Jogothe Portuguese had a nice draw with Messi’s Inter Miami for FC Porto.
Big panic for Mbappé
Kylian Mbappé in tough at Real Madrid, all of Barça is enjoying it. Mundo Deportivo takes great pleasure in looking back on the Frenchman’s delicate beginnings in the Madrid jersey. Everyone expected a decisive player, which has far from been completely the case since his arrival. The shadow of Eden Hazard even begins to hover over the Frenchman’s head. At the club, the message is not to worry, but according to the Catalan media, it is a way of not putting more pressure on Mbappé. Because for SportMbappé will never again become the player he was before. Well, it’s a bit of a radical judgment, but for the media, Real clearly has reason to worry. In short, the Catalan press is enjoying Mbappé’s setbacks at Real.
