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PSG was not flamboyant, PSG was almost shot in the foot alone. But PSG still beat Liverpool Wednesday night and took an option for the qualification. And given the context as well as the Parisian liability, it is more than a victory: the announcement that Paris can win by suffering.
The Parisian joy at the final whistle resembles that of a title or qualification in the final. It is only a serious option taken out of the group. But given the pre-match context – a PSG back to the wall and many expected the fall – and especially the physiognomy of a second act on the defensive, the victory of the champion of France is worth gold. Because in the club's season, even in recent history, it may represent a turning point: almost eliminated in the evening of the third day and a miraculous draw against Naples, the club of the capital will come out of one of the hardest groups of the Champions League if he does the job in Belgrade in two weeks. To know not to lose against the Red Star, certainly formidable at home, but the workforce clearly lower than that available to Thomas Tuchel.
PSG still fragile
A few hours ago, the match against Liverpool appeared as a possible end of cycle, even end Qatari project: the final burial of European ambitions with the affront of a repayment in the Europa League, the possible weariness of executives as Kylian Mbappé or Neymar Jr. came to win the C1, and an even more embarrbading setback of the credibility of the entire Parisian entity. Of course, this PSG does not clearly have the profile of a potential C1 winner today: he put Liverpool back on his own when he had the match in hand, spent almost a half-time cut in half and to defend, and never gave the impression to control his business.
Exorcised from the past?
But this PSG, if not being handsome and having his foot on the ball, was able to suffer and hold the essential, namely the victory he needed to stay alive. And when we look in the rearview mirror the latest performances of Marco Verratti and co in such a situation, the progress posted under the orders of Thomas Tuchel is blatant. Before losing in serenity because of the penalty offered by Angel Di Maria after an untimely tackle in the area, Paris has printed a real European intensity to Reds. Subsequently, in the hard, the Parisians managed to grit their teeth to fetch dangerous balloons that dragged around the cages of Gianluigi Buffon. The Italian porter has also had very little to do, a paradox if we consider the time of presence liverpuldien in the French camp.
A solidity that owes greatly to some executives like Thiago Silva or Marquinhos. Suspected trustees who are at the level when the requirement increases, it is a sign that does not deceive. Last year against Real Madrid, as twelve months earlier in Barcelona, the "stars" Paris had lost their footing in the money time. This is only the group stage, but the trajectory printed under the thumb of Tuchel can lead to optimism: Paris knows how to control his nerves, failing the game, and did not lose his foot when the boat pitched . You still have to validate the ticket in two weeks in Belgrade, but by playing – or rather fighting – like tonight, the qualification should fall. A narrow qualification that could release the PSG.
By Nicolas Jucha
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