DIRECT. Dijon – PSG: the Parisians must raise the tone. Sport

After their false note against Monaco, the Parisian tenors must give back to the Paris Saint Germain Saturday (5:00 p.m.) in League 1 when moving to Dijon, last in the standings. A crucial development to avoid being left behind in the title race.

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Mbappé intermittent

Which “Kyky” will you see in Dijon? Dazzling in Barcelona (4-1), where his hat-trick made the whole of Europe speak, Kylian Mbappé was ghostly during the defeat at the Park against ASM (2-0) five days later, where his lost balls were makes Parisian supporters bitch.

Overexposed since his 17 years, world champion at 19, the prodigy knows the rules of the media whirlwind game. In the middle of the week, he and Erling Haaland (Dortmund) are the new Messi and Ronaldo, then on Sunday the sports newspapers give him the worst mark of the evening.

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The top scorer in L1 (16 goals) has already answered many times on the field and could do it in Gaston-Gérard.

And then he is not the only one responsible for the Monegasque fiasco. Mauro Icardi, non-existent, must also do much better.

Dijon remains on seven defeats in a row, and has only beaten PSG in L1 once, for ten defeats, including four 4-0 and one 8-0! A good opportunity for the scorers …

Verratti with baguette

What if the most indispensable of all was Marco Verratti? Brilliant like the others at the Camp Nou, he then struggled to make the absences of Angel Di Maria and Neymar, both still convalescent, forgotten against Monaco.

Spared, entered in the second half, he did not weigh in his advanced role, redesigned for him by Mauricio Pochettino.

This post, “He has the means to occupy it, he is very strong, but will this be his best position over time? “, asks AFP Dominique Bathenay, former PSG captain.

The former international “does not think” that Verratti “can offensively make the differences, but give good balls, yes”.

“Shooting is not in his DNA, he likes to give the balloons, take them out, keep them, procrastinate …”, explains Bathenay.

For Luis Fernandez, Verratti “does not need to strike, his quality is the pass that breaks lines”.

This other ex-captain of PSG likes the new role of the Italian: “we value him a little more in this system,” he told AFP. But “he has all the qualities to do more and bring a lot more”, adds the former Blue.

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Kimpembe, drop in tempo

As for Kylian Mbappé, the drop in tension of the club’s other world champion, Presnel Kimpembe, was spectacular between Barcelona and Monaco.

At 100,000 volts at Camp Nou, “Presko” was completely out of action against Monaco, and even unlucky on the second goal.

The drooping shoulders and the weary gaze, which is never a good sign for a player with fairly transparent body language, he was late.

This rare missed match comes in a season when Kimpembe has clearly taken a step forward. He was sure, consistent, explosive and authoritarian, as on his famous desperate tackle on Burak Yilmaz in Lille, which earned him a loose thigh.

This match at the Red Lantern is therefore for him also an excellent opportunity to get back on his feet.

He can count on the always impeccable Marquinhos, and perhaps also on the forwards of Dijon, worst attack in Ligue 1, with 18 goals scored.

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