Liverpool also has the pressure: Tuchel fights for Klopp for his work

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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Are you separating from the UEFA Champions League in the preliminary round? For Thomas Tuchel and PSG, it would be a sporting disaster – with sometimes dramatic consequences. In "final" against Liverpool Tuchel but can still rely on his superstars.

For Thomas Tuchel, the penultimate group match against Liverpool FC and his friend Jürgen Klopp is already the final. In a defeat (21 clock in the ticker live at ntv.de) threat at the beginning of the Champions League – a ban for Qatari owners of Paris St. Germain. Tuchel's predecessors, Laurent Blanc and Unai Emery, have become too premature victims. "The cracks of a premature start – even in a difficult group – would be difficult for the kitten Tuchel", badyzes the newspaper "Le Parisien". However, the 45-year-old coach enjoys an excellent reputation at all levels of the club. Nbader Al-Khelaïfi, the boss of the club, is more stressed. He believes that this game could be a turning point, quotes "Le Parisien", a confidant.

To avoid the "worst case", Tuchel should help again well-prepared superstars Neymar and Kylian Mbappé. "They will be in the starting lineup," said the coach after the participation of the world's two most expensive players at the last training session on Tuesday night. Both had been injured during their international appearances. The Brazilian was suffering from adduction to the thigh, Mbappé had had a shoulder injury. The former Dortmund coach depends on the goals of the Brazilian idol and the French world champion: Tuchel's team is in a bad starting position one point behind Liverpool and SSC Napoli. If Paris lost and Naples beat Red Star Belgrade at home, it would be done.

"I'm not scared"

In reality, Tuchel was brought to raise the sheikhs on the throne of Europe. The expectations are huge. In the last six years, you have failed in the quarter or round of 16. But while in the league with 14 wins in 14 games, everything goes as planned, PSG played in the Champions League in Liverpool (2: 3) and at home against the SSC Napoli (2: 2) in weaknesses. Players are aware of the precarious situation. "We have big goals and the match against Liverpool could be the biggest before Christmas," said Julian Draxler. "An average performance is not enough, we have to be perfectly prepared," said captain Thiago Silva.

The good news for spectators at Prinzenpark and TV: Klopp must also keep its promises. The Reds lost their comfortable lead with a surprising 0-2 draw in Belgrade last night. A defeat and a parallel victory for Napoli would put last year's finalists in a difficult position ahead of the last home group match against the Italians. "I'm not scared," defender Virgil Van Dijk said. "We reached the final last year and we want to repeat it, we want to defeat Paris." Maybe it must succeed without Sadio Mané. The attacker is sick.

While the Klopps team in the championship with the 3-0 ruler at Watford was in the last second of the match, it is undefeated after 13 games and conceded only five goals – each Premier League club record – showed Reds in the head category up here two faces. Good performances such as 3-2 in the first leg against Paris were followed by disappointments like 0-2 in Belgrade. The last four games outside the Queen category have all been lost, which does not bode well for the match in Paris.

Source: n-tv.de