PSG is seriously tacking

Paris Saint-Germain was hot in the buttocks. Last night, the champions of France introduced themselves to Villa Park with a comfortable mattress of 2 goals in advance since they won 3 to 1 during the first leg a week ago at the Parc des Princes. And after the return match, we want to say that it was not too much. However, it all started rather well for the men of Luis Enrique in Birmingham, since the two side, Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes, had opened the scoring. Many said to itself that the match was folded and that Paris would take place quietly before obtaining its qualification. But that was without counting on Unai Emery, to which the anthem of the Europa League (its favorite competition, editor's note) broadcast in pre-match in place of that of the C1 surely gave ideas. Indeed, the English completely overturned the match, which they won 3 to 2. They were not far from equalizing in the cumulative scores, but they had to bow to the firm hand of Gianluigi Donnarumma.

An unrecognizable PSG

The Italian porter, often criticized, has again saved a PSG, who showed two faces. The first was rather attractive like in recent months. The second, recalled the old version of the club. It is also the analysis of French sports media this Wednesday morning. The Parisianwho titled “Shaken, petrified but qualified!”then developed: “There were two faces of PSG, the new and the old in a demonic struggle between the future and the past. First leading 0-2, he thought he was turning off any suspense thanks to a cumulative 5-1 score on all two games. But the old PSG re-emerged, gradually snacking on the heads of the Parisians, who cashed a 3-0 between the 34th and the 58th, in less than 25 minutes if the break is removed. It is a bit of the ghost of the Rontada which is reappeared while the Parisians no longer touched the ball and that Aston Villa managed to train the public in its revolt and its belief (…) In 45 minutes, it became PSG at the start of the season, crossed by too many defensive insufficiencies in the broad sense. »»

The French daily, which spoke of a PSG “bad” In the second period, added: “The wingers this Tuesday evening at Villa Park defended less than Porte de Saint-Cloud. In passing, it will be necessary to question this funny way of preparing the meetings by removing the championship matches in the middle. Even if he made a perfect start, PSG did not seem to benefit from its usual athletic easily. There are thus axes of progression and it is basically good news when you arrive in the semi-finals of the Champions League. ” The observation is the same for The teamwhich evokes a qualification by “A mouse hole” Before explaining in another article: “Faced with Aston Villa, PSG got almost alone in trouble. After leading 2-0, PSG almost was swept away by the storm on the field of Aston Villa, where it has not mastered anything (2-3, 3-1 on the outward journey). A very bad surprise, but which did not prevent Paris from climbing in half on Tuesday. He will face Real or Arsenal. “

Fear or sufficiency?

The sports daily then clarified: “After this defeat on the lawn of Aston Villa (2-3), the first since November, we can keep your hands in the pockets, frankly, faced with the way PSG was tossed as in the drum of a washing machine on Tuesday evening, often through its fault, and in front of the observation that several players suddenly seemed a little smaller, in this deafening and immense decor (…) this young PSG was too often beaten in The engagement, he dreamed of a technical accuracy, it was not ruined to keep a cool head before Villa Park begins to boil, and he suffered so much from the weakness of certain players, in all the lines, that it was a few centimeters to lose everything, or then to be taken in an extension which would have been a trip to the end of the hell of Villa Park. “ For his part, Le Figaro wrote on this subject: “Close to the sinking, PSG is rightly qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League”.

French publication added: “” We're going to suffer “, promised Luis Enrique before the meeting. Well seen. PSG bowed against Aston Villa in Birmingham (3-2) on Tuesday, in the quarterfinals return from the Champions League. Good for a post in the last square, like last year, thanks to the 3-1 victory of the first leg. That it was hard, that it was complicated, when the Parisian players led 2-0 in this meeting, thanks to Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes. And again, Gigio Donnarumma A – as in Liverpool – released the big game in the second half, when the Parisian ship took the water. ” In consultants too, this PSG with two faces raises questions. In the columns of The teamBixente Lizarazu commented: “There was a little moment of floating, I do not know if it is sufficiency, deconcentration, an excess of confidence. After an absolutely controlled first period, Paris missed. At one point, they no longer applied themselves and they lost discipline bases, with small superfluous gestures that looked like sufficiency. ”

Parisians get tackled

At the microphone of RMC SportEmmanuel Petit was not tender either. “I saw fear. When you have as much control over the first 20 minutes of play, you lead 5-1 on both matches and that all of a sudden you start to fall into ease, a certain arrogance in your game and that you forget the principles that have made your strength for so many weeks … I saw half of the team hide. Look at the number of times they swung behind when before, they came out the ball and even dated under pressure. If they really had not been afraid, they would have shown this character. They were constantly swayed, could no longer build … They were filled guys! All the Parisian supporters also filled because they felt the same thing. At no time did the players send positive signals. ”

He concludes: “We trembled until the last minute, until the volley saved on the line. These are things that we no longer thought of seeing again on the side of PSG. If there had not been Donnarumma… when there was still 5-1! I saw the pinball players. Defensively, it was great anything. It was snatched, there was no more mastery. They gradually felt that demons of the past came back. That it serves them as a lesson, because at 2-0 they stopped playing and fell in arrogance. ” Simple less well, accident or sufficiency, what is certain is that Paris Saint-Germain did not go as usual. Luis Enrique and his players were perfectly aware of it last night after the final whistle. It will be necessary to remember the lesson before facing Arsenal or Real Madrid during the 1/2 finals.