The PSG, who will face next February 16 at Barcelona in the knockout stages of the Champions League, he continues to show signs of weakness in the French championship, where he is third behind the Small and from Lyon olympic. In the last day, the one who has blushed the Parisian team has been the modest Lorient, ranked eighteenth.
Mauricio Pochettino has suffered his first defeat since his arrival at PSG at the hands of a team in relegation places. Lorient used the field factor to go ahead in the 36th minute thanks to a goal from Kaurent Abergel. Nevertheless, Neymar twice, both from the penalty spot, he was able to turn the score around. With ten minutes to go, Yoane Wissa equalized the contest and, in the discount, Ter Moffi beat Sergio Rico to give victory to your team.
Despite playing against the penultimate, Pochettino puso a Kylian Mbappe, a Neymar, a Angel Di Maria already Mauro Icardi on the grass; still, the PSG He was only able to see the door from eleven meters. The only footballer that the French team has missed is Keylor Navas, who had left a clean sheet in the last three games. The one who was Real Madrid goalkeeper has only conceded one goal in the last seven, improving the percentages of other goalkeepers such as Ter Stegen, Courteous o New.
PSG can count on Keylor Navas against Barcelona
To the consolation of Mauricio Pochettino, Keylor Navas is expected to be available for the next match, so his presence against Barcelona is not in danger. Precisely, the defensive solidity of PSG is an obstacle that the Barcelona if you want to be in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. In 22 games played, the Parisian team has only conceded 14 goals, three of them against the Lorient. On the contrary, he has scored 50 goals. Barcelona, meanwhile, in 19 has scored 39 and has conceded 17; In other words, it is more difficult for Koeman’s men to score goals and less to fit them than for Pochettino’s.
However, the tendencies of both teams are different. So much so that PSG has had to change coaches to try to reverse this dynamic that has been repeated against Lorient. Beyond numbers, to Paris Saint Germain it is costing him more to score goals than other seasons, and he is a real drain if he is not Keylor Navas in goal. And it is that despite having in Sergio Rico a guaranteed goalkeeper, the former Sevilla player does not print the same confidence in his defense.
Koeman does not see clear favorite between Barcelona and PSG
With regard to Barcelona, Koeman has recently pointed out that his players “are not there to win many things.” “It is a season where we are changing things. We opted for young players. Barça is not there to win many things. We improve, we fight, but we have to be realistic and see where we come from and the changes that have occurred ”, said the Dutch coach at the press conference prior to the game that his team will face against Athletic.
On the option of fighting for the titles, Koeman added: “We know the situation we have in the League. It is complicated, because the distance of points is very large. In the Champions League there is no clear favorite. We have a tie against PSG that we will try to pass. The ambition of the team is to win titles, because we are Barça, but we have to be realistic ”.
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