Champions League: A still elusive PSG drops hold-up in Leipzig

Despite a catastrophic start, the Parisians could have brought the victory from Germany without a penalty conceded at the end of the match (2-2).

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If Presnel Kimpembe had not decided to play Japan-Sheep on the shoulders of his former teammate, Christopher Nkunku, the shot would have been perfect. Smoking rather. The Paris-Saint-Germain would have returned from Leipzig with the victory and three points during this e day of the Champions League. But the Parisian defender conceded an avoidable penalty in the game stops and offered the equalization to the Hungarian Dominik Szoboszlai (2-2).

The PSG has ended up by not winning a match that it should never have been able to win. It is also its charm, this team resists all the analyzes, at any rationality too. She does not master anything, but almost always falls on her paws in the image of her first half this Wednesday, November 3rd.

This battle of Leipzig begins as a rout. Nkunku launches hostilities from 8 e minute of a recovery of the head but prefers to celebrate his goal against this trainer club that never really trusted him. In the stride, Danilo Pereira plays the firefighters and commits a fault on André Silva. The Portuguese seeks to do justice himself, but heats especially the gloves of a gianluigi Donnarumma left on the right side on this penalty (11 e ).

Even the always very positive, Mauricio Pochettino saw nothing to save from this start. “It’s our fault if we missed this start of match,” conceded the Argentine coach at RMC’s microphone after the meeting. For its part, the RB Leipzig missed the K.-o. But keeps his opponent in the strings.

But the PSG would be like the kind. On a direct or uppercut, it can touch you a slightly fragile chin. On the first Parisian incursion into the opposing surface, Georginio Wijnaldum takes the kylian offering mbled to equalize (21 e ). Disappointing since his arrival of Liverpool this summer, the Dutch recurrence on a corner deviated by Marquinhos and marks the head after the referee video assistance.

Failed mbed

But for a hold-up to be perfect, you have to get out of the bank without triggering the alarm and before the police. In the second half, the Parisians negotiate several counters, like a mbled untenable but angry with the finish against the guard Peter Gulassi. It was not necessary to restore confidence and going to the players of Leipzig. The RB may not have wings, but it was receding Parisians often saved by their captain, Marquinhos. But that was before Kimpembe decided to jump on Nkunku without the situation demanding it.

At the strictly accounting level, this draw does not put the PSG on the straw. Second of this group A, the Parisians (8 points) keep four points ahead of the third, FC Bruges, before moving at the leader, Manchester City, and to receive the Belgians on the last day. The bottom is more disturbing. With his chosen words and his tone of a personal development book writer, Mauricio Pochettino admits that his team remains perfectible. “The stats show that one must do better in terms of possession, and especially one must better control the match against teams capable of playing in transition like Leipzig.”

🎙 “Be second behind City, it does not change anything. We must have the desire to win there to try to be first … https://t.co/trwyryktf

– rmcsport (@ RMC Sport)

But the problem may be broader. A year after the arrival of the Argentine, very smart one who can say where the old defender wants to come. What is the identity of this team? She has talent yes, a little character too, but it lacks coherence, balance and mastery. Some important qualities to go very far in Champions League.

/Media reports.