In the early morning of February 1, Beijing time, a focus game in the round of 16 of the French Cup, Paris met Nice at home. In the end, the top two teams in Ligue 1 exchanged blanks in 90 minutes, while Paris Lost 5-6 in a penalty shootout, and coach Pochettino suffered his first defeat in the new year and also failed to defend the French Cup.
Looking back at this game, paris, which has absolute strength, failed to win Nice, which is definitely a cold game. And from the perspective of regular time, Paris can survive until the penalty shootout and then lose, thanks to The wonderful performance of DonaRuma. If it were not for the excellent performance of the Italian goalkeeper, perhaps the Team of The Boss would have lost within 90 minutes.
Although the opponent is the second-placed team in Ligue 1, Paris is still the favored side with most of the main force in hand. The last game in Paris dates back to January 24. The next game is on February 7. In more than 10 days, Greater Paris also had a game in the early morning of this morning, and it can be said that the players' preparation is very sufficient.
However, Pochettino hid Mbappe, the most threatening player in the team, in the early hours of the morning start. Apparently, Pochettino despised his opponent Nice, believing that he could win the game without a national star. But apparently, the course of the game punched the Argentine in the face. Although Messi started this game, the Argentine appeared isolated in the absence of Neymar, Mbappe and even Di Maria.
At the end of the half, the threat of Greater Paris was far less offensive than Nice. Back in the second half, Pochettino stopped taking risks and quickly sent Mbappe. Apparently, the French superstar's role in Paris was clear, and he missed a kill before the end of regular time. If given a little more chance, perhaps it would be Greater Paris that will advance in the early hours of the morning.
If this start, Shezombap, is a big reason for Pochettino's loss, then his use of penalties is another big black spot. In the first five rounds of the game in Paris, he once fell behind his opponents, but relying on Donnarumma's play, he still dragged the penalty into the real-time decider system.
However, in the choice of the 6th man, Pochettino actually sent a 18-year-old child, Simmons. Whether it is the national team or the club, it is common for young players to lose points and lead to out-of-game matches, but Pochettino still wants to win in the early morning, in exchange for the team being eliminated.
Maybe many people will support Pochettino, in the early morning game he has exhausted the available people in the big Paris team, the young player penalty point is not the previous 5 people, the start is not Mbappe, more just to retain the strength to play the Champions League. But all the arguments could not defeat the fact that he was out.
Messi played for the first time in the early hours of the morning in the size 10 shirt of Paris, which turned out to be the last of the season. After the French Cup, he has one less title to compete for this season.