Rennes-PSG (1-0): Disappearance report for Paris

PSG continue their post-World Cup muscle awakening at their own pace, close to that of the metro during Thursday’s strike. Having painfully beaten Strasbourg (2:1) and Angers (2:0) and lost to Lance (3:1), he rushed through the pouring rain to a new defeat, quite logical, on Sunday evening in Rennes (1 :0). ). It offered too little, too little acceleration, too little imbalance, and Steve Mandanda will not remember this as a piece to put in his memory closet, someone who just shut down the French national team by announcing his retirement from the national team.

Nothing worked this Sunday in Rennes like a system with a flat attack, far apart. Hugo Ekitike has never met Neymar, who is gradually returning to his true level, and Leo Messi, who is a little tight in touch. There was also no intensity, at least in the first period, when the Parisian team was overwhelmed by the mobility of the Bretons blown up by Adrien Truffert.

The left flank will end up being the decisive passer in the second half (65th, 1-0, Hamari Traore) when Paris regains stability. Taller, more determined, with Kylian Mbappe and Ashraf Hakimi in 55th place, Galtier’s men have advanced on the ground, but few ideas, and the only Juan Bernat decided to propose width solutions.

This PSG is no longer like the one it was before the World Cup, for a fairly simple reason: its three stars are no longer of the same level. It’s the first time they’ve played together and it will take time for them to recover… if they do.

Few doubt the French world champion, even if he ruined a fun head-to-head ten minutes into the pitch by taking the shot too high for a goal that seemed easy given his talent. Leo Messi, guided at least by his professionalism and ambition for an eighth Ballon d’Or, should follow suit as soon as his World Cup legs carry him again.

The mystery remains Neymar, who we suspect has not yet digested his tournament in Qatar and for whom we fear he will not digest it in 2023.

PSG have only one talent, their attack.

When they were driven by the same goal, before flying to Qatar, they destroyed everything in their path in the French championship, even if the weaknesses of Paris were already known.

Gianluigi Donnarumma could score goals, Sergio Ramos ran like a grandfather, the midfielder was hit everywhere, it was normal because the magic trio flew over the debate, threw in decisive passes and goals, even going as far as fixing their bun to take the ball. penalties at the start of the season.

Basically, Christophe Galtier’s formation has only one talent – his attack – and scores and fumbles elsewhere.

This is the second defeat in a row in the French Championship away at the moment comes from the consequences of the World Cup. The Parisians need to regain their appetite before continuing to hold a three-point lead back to Lance and Marseille, who are not losing but even winning everywhere for the Phocians. It can be explained by flaws, more or less well disguised by its offensive stars, even if there is a small risk that the balance will be reversed, that the evil will become more important than the cure.

Still only punctual or profound, this drift is indicative of a precarious workforce where solidity and talent are lacking elsewhere than at the front, even if Donnarumma managed to delay the deadline. Yesterday’s three backs are average, as is Vitinha in the center. As for Warren Zaire-Emery, PSG’s youngest Ligue 1 winner at 16 years and 313 days, he wasn’t undeserved, but he wasn’t carried away by the context of the team in search of guidance. From now on, Paris must mend, erase these insults and finally resume the season. Because Bayern will arrive in less than a month.