Make no mistake, the most important game of the week for LOSC is not the one that shines the most. If the cameras of France Télévisions will be focused, this Wednesday, on the Parc des Princes and this poster of the knockout stages of the Coupe de France between the northern leader of the championship and his runner-up in the capital, for the first named, the important is to keep the thread in a Ligue 1 where all dreams are allowed.
From there to sending “Dame Coupe” waltz, there is however a dance step that Lille does not wish to take. ” It is enough to note the commitment made by the players during the training sessions on the eve of the match. Well, I can tell you that the one on Tuesday morning was not the same as before our trip to Ajaccio before the round of 16 “, Said Christophe Galtier when discussing the challenge that awaits his troops in the lair of PSG.
“We want to win everything”
This gala match scheduled three weeks before the other meetings of the round of 16, in order to free up a place on the calendar of a PSG still competing in the Champions League, the LOSC must ensure not to turn it into a poisoned gift.
« All games are important. We must focus on it and avoid projecting too much. We want to win everything “, Announces the striker Timothy Weah, who will find with great envy a lawn on which he made his debut as a professional footballer, almost three years ago to the day, when he wore the PSG jersey.
To fly in the feathers of Parisians pecked to everyone’s surprise by the Nantes Canaries on Sunday evening, Lille has no choice but to deploy the same plans to than those developed during the Thursday night meetings in the Europa League.
The incredible stat of PSG in the Coupe de France
« It will be our thirteenth game in a long series (in six weeks), there is fatigue, and therefore workforce management to have », Warns Christophe Galtier. But don’t talk to the coach about fielding a B, C or D team! ” I believe I have two A teams, he replies. And that’s what we were able to do during the first part of the season, juggling Europe and the championship. »
The timing of this PSG – Lille is not ideal in the management of human resources drained by a grueling season. LOSC will play its 40th official match this Wednesday since the resumption of Ligue 1 at the end of August. However, in the heads, we guess that the hope of making a success of a blow is possible.
On condition of taking advantage of the absence of Neymar and an eleven Parisian who should be far from his usual standards, but also not to fixate on a funny statistic: if we except the success of Rennes, on penalties, during the 2019 final, you have to go back more than seven years, or 38 matches to be exact, to find traces of a Parisian defeat in the Coupe de France.
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