In the 28th round of the Ligue 1 league on March 13, Beijing time, Paris Saint-Germain won 3:0 at home to Bordeaux, it seems that the team has come out of last week's 1:3 defeat in the Champions League to Real Madrid, but looking at the performance of Paris throughout the season, it is not difficult to see that Paris's stubborn disease has not changed, and it is this layer of window paper that has not been broken in Paris for nearly ten years, ten years of wind and rain, there is joy and bitterness, Where does the future of this giant aircraft carrier lie?
After this round of the league, Paris led the Ligue 1 with a 15-point advantage, such league results seem to have nothing to be picky about, but this season's Paris, playing style is very ugly, and many games that should be taken down are always accidentally lost, with the decline of Lyon, in recent years in the Ligue 1 field can pose a threat to the greater Paris team can be described as very few, fans of course hope that the team can focus more attention on the Champions League field, but Paris's performance in the league also pours a few basins of cold water on the fans from time to time, Not only has it lost, but in the past five years, Monaco and Lille have snatched two league titles, Paris' dominance in the league seems to be much less than before, Pochettino has never found the key to open the "four hundred million" front, and Paris's performance this season has obviously not met the expectations of fans.
Let's focus on the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 final, in the first leg of the competition, Paris won 1:0 at home to Real Madrid, Paris rarely formed a full-court suppression of Real Madrid, away to the Bernabeu, Mbappe's opening record let almost one of Paris's feet into the promotion zone, may feel that this promotion is not exciting enough, not enough to enter the world's football inventory link, so Donnarumma gave a big gift, helped Real Madrid blow the horn of counterattack, Real Madrid also laughed at this gift, home 3 :1 Knocked Out Paris.
After the game, a number of media said that the Paris locker room conflict broke out, Donnarumma and Neymar blamed each other for each other's mistakes, Pochettino seemed to have lost his voice in the locker room, although Neymar took the initiative to respond on social media, clarifying that he did not quarrel with Donnarumma, but in the last round of Ligue 1, Navas replaced Donnarumma's starting position, which seems to indicate that the contradiction in the Paris dressing room is not empty.
The big Paris in the Champions League is always full of variables, they can beat any top giants in the first leg, but the final promotion is very rare.
In the 13/14 season, Paris defeated Jose Mourinho's Chelsea 3-1 at home, and in the second leg to Stamford Bridge, the goals of Schuler and Demba helped Chelsea beat Paris 2-0, and Chelsea also eliminated Paris with the advantage of more away goals;
In the 16/17 season, Paris was turned over by Barca 6:1 away in the 4-0 home win over Barca; in the 18/19 season, Paris won 2:0 away to Manchester United, but returned home to be taken away by Manchester United 3:1, and his away goal difference rules helped Manchester United advance to the next round.
Whether the opponent is strong or weak, Greater Paris is either rolling over or on the way. In the past decade, the manager of Greater Paris has gone from Antoine Combuaré to championship coach Carlo Ancelotti, to French star Blanco, Spain coach Emery, German coach Tuchel, Argentina's fat Pochettino. Some of them are among the best in the five major leagues, but judging by the results, none of them seems to have the ability to launch the giant aircraft carrier paris. And when we analyze the current Paris from the perspective of player configuration, we may find that it may really be just that the fans' expectations are too high.
The 433 is the formation that Paris has played the most this season, and in terms of forwards, their number of appearances is shown in the chart below:
Mbappe is the absolute superstar of Paris now, he can be competent in any position in the front, averaging 1+ goals per game, Messi's play is also quite stable, in addition to the Ligue 1 field less goals, his assists and Champions League performance are still OK, and Neymar due to injury troubles, this season's performance is not good, as for Icardi, the amount ... He probably cares more about love; Di Maria is a golden oil in the frontcourt, the performance is remarkable, the most stable point in the Paris frontcourt, whether it is the national team or the club, you can always trust the Angels of Argentina; Draxler is a bit high and low, completely not up to the level that everyone expected. As far as the current performance of Paris's frontcourt is concerned, the strikers are fighting their own battles, rarely playing tacit cooperation, and most of the goals come from Mbappe's point, using Mbappe's personal ability. Mbappe's impact is very strong, but you can't expect the 34-year-old Messi and Neymar after the big injury can still keep up with Mbappe's every counterattack, Pochettino is based on defensive reactions, Mbappe's personal ability is certainly commendable, but the overall team's speed of movement is really fast when counterattacking, Real Madrid's insight into this is obviously deeper, Modric's direct plug is enough to explain everything, so Pochettino's tactics are not suitable for this top-heavy Paris.
In midfield, Danilo does not have much problem, the only drawback is that the speed is too slow; Herrera is a diligent sapper, but he is not known for his speed, and he is also 32 years old, you can not expect him to keep up with every attack of the opponent, once the mistake, the pressure in the rear can be imagined; Geye's defensive ability is very strong, but the organization, just ... Wijnaldum is very balanced, and I think Paris is one of the few excellent reinforcements this season, when he starts, his side is still more reassuring; Verratti's performance this season, whether it is the national team or the club, everyone has a good opinion; Paredes' passing is still good, if he can control his defensive action, less points, it is still very good.
In the author's opinion, there are three main problems in the midfield problem in Paris:
(1) The existing players are not capable enough, neither like Kante, Ndidi, Casemiro kind of steal master; nor modric, Kroos, Rodri, Parejo kind of transmission master; there is no B2B midfielder such as Gretzka and Milinkovic; there is no genius forward such as Silva and De Bruyne, even the most basic chaseback, they do not do well, the existing configuration in Paris has no problem playing Ligue 1, but when pulling down the Champions League, all weaknesses are exposed, and Pochettino's remedies, Such as Messi to the back position back to catch the ball, Di Maria played the front free man, Neymar retraced, etc., as for the effect, everyone knows it.......
(2) The midfield does not have a set of effective pass control schemes, does not have its own tactical play, completely depends on the opponent, and once the side is behind, Paris in addition to relying on Mbappe's speed, constantly dividing the side, there is no such thing as a straight plug, which is also no way to do things, after all, the current midfielders have limited ability.
(3) The Paris top management has no plan to introduce a back, or in other words, it is impossible to buy a back, the exposure of the front field in Paris is too high, it is not easy to buy a diligent defensive back, it is indeed not easy, and the dreamers are more willing to go to Real Madrid, Barca, Bayern, for money, not only a club in Paris can afford a high salary.
The Paris backcourt players, the problem is not a day or two, since Thiago Silva left, there is very little such reassuring presence, and now these people, led by Marquinhos, have no attitude and have attitude but hot eyes.
As for the overall defense of the team, it is not a change to change a few coaches or players, what they lack is the spirit of traditional teams such as Real Madrid, Atletico, Chelsea, Liverpool and other traditional teams that never give up, never admit defeat or the so-called foundation. The great Cruyff once said, "Pick the best player for every position, and you won't get the strongest 11-man team, just 11 strong stars." "Even if it is the former Galactic Battleship, Barça Dream Team, it is not just the stars, it is worth thinking about in Paris, there are many more, Paris want to go further, I am afraid to first understand the concept of football.