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Positioned alongside Verratti in a 4-4-2 surprise, Marquinhos was the central pawn in Liverpool's tactical destabilization. New proof that the Brazilian can more than help out in this position.
At first, there was a smile from the person concerned, accompanied by a shrug: " The coach gave the team? Well, I feel more comfortable in central defense, that's where I was trained, that I have my habits, but the most important thing is the team, not what I like or not. We are paid workers for that. Then, the acts, in the middle of a 4-4-2 surprise, where Thilo Kehrer took the place of Thomas Meunier at the last moment because of a death in the Belgian right side family and where Neymar was installed left side in defensive phase. Safety, above all, and a perfect adaptation to the flaws of the Liverpool Klopp: thanks to this system, Thomas Tuchel managed Wednesday night to cross the first line ofReds(Salah, Firmino, Mané) with the help of a numerical superiority made in the -Marquinhos relaunch that comes between Thiago Silva and Presnel Kimpembe- but especially to clear, especially in the first period, the key density of football desired by Klopp with another numerical superiority in the middle. The common point between these two tactical phases flip-flops? Marquinhos, the worker: a risky bet for Tuchel, lost to the Anfield (3-2), but largely winning in this return match. The good news of the evening, without a doubt.
The model worker
But also a message sent: by securing Marquinhos alongside Verratti Wednesday night, Tuchel confirmed that he believed in the qualities of this position of the Brazilian international but also that he no longer relied on Rabiot, only entered in replacement of Kylian Mbappé five minutes from the end to hold the result. In fact, the number 5 PSG especially made the difference thanks to its quality of recovery, its usefulness to fart the other balance and its cleanliness in the interventions (three successful tackles -best total of his team-, no fault , a shot countered). What Tuchel was looking for before the match and what the player was ready to badume by displaying his willdo not have regret. We have great things to go for. (…) You have to have a good balance to win this game."
A balance that PSG has finally posted at a big meeting this season in the first forty-five minutes, during which Liverpool will have framed a shot: the penalty scored before the break by James Milner. During the half-time, Zoumana Camara also came to see Marquinhos to refine the set pieces. Result? The Brazilian scored a third goal for Paris logically refused for offside and could have slammed a (valid) on a head rejected by Alisson twenty minutes from the end. At the end, it is above all a lesson that he gave to Rabiot on how to behave in the phases of defensive withdrawal and transitions (here thanks to the famous numerical superiority that he has brought continuously). A model worker: of those who celebrate a successful defensive intervention. Brilliant.
By Maxime Brigand
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