Paris Saint-Germain, a local team, bought Messi this summer to form an aircraft carrier lineup, all positions are stars, at the beginning of the season originally thought that the Champions League champion was inevitable, but from the actual performance point of view is not as strong as imagined. First of all, 1+1+1 may not be >3, the key is to look at the run-in. The combination of Messi + Neymar + Mbappe seems to be incomparably powerful, but it is obvious that there is still a lack of tacit understanding between the three and it takes more time to run in. But it doesn't matter, the MSN combination was just formed and depressed for a long time, but whether Mbappe will stay in the team next year is not easy to say, and whether the NMM combination can be sustained or not also has to draw a question mark.
Now it seems that there are still many problems in Paris, perhaps in the Ligue 1 and the weak team match without the need to work hard to solve the battle easily, but paris to win the Ligue 1 title, or even the Champions League, must be with the strong team, this is the real test of the team. The 2-1 reverse lille match that ended in the early hours of this morning can be described as a real strong dialogue, and also exposed the hidden dangers of the greater Paris aircraft carrier lineup.
Lille was last season's Ligue 1 champion, and although several players were damaged in the summer, they were still quite threatening. The fans of this game in Paris can be described as a mood of twists and turns, the opening 30 minutes Jonathan David scored, Paris fell behind by 1 goal, and then Lille repeatedly created threats, the 36-year-old Turkish veteran Irmaz played like a fish, if not the ability to seize the opportunity is slightly worse, Lille may score more goals. Thanks to Di Maria's 1 shot and 1 pass, it helped Paris reverse the victory, but even if Paris won, it also exposed 4 major problems, which we will analyze one by one below.
First, there is Messi's state. To put it bluntly, Messi played very badly in the first half, maybe even the worst 45 minutes of his career. The offensive end wastes opportunities, like sleepwalking, the defensive end does not run at all, and Paris is equivalent to playing one less person. In addition, Messi was cut off in the first minute of the opening, Ilmaz directly got a one-handed opportunity, if it were not for Donnarumma's heroic play, I am afraid that Paris would have lost the ball in the 1st minute. So in the second half, Paris replaced Messi with Icardi, but when the game was reviewed after the game, it was found that Messi had been covering his thighs in the game, which may have been injured to perform poorly, so we do not blame Messi and sincerely hope that Boss May will recover soon.
Second, it is Icardi's catastrophic performance. Pochettino replaced Messi with his second brother, and as a result, Icardi wasted two great opportunities in a row, Di Maria accurately crossed and his header was deflected; Neymar sent Icardi a single knife, and he pushed the shot deflected. Supposedly, both of these goals were mandatory goals, the cake was fed to the mouth, and Icardi threw it up. Thinking about his divorce farce with Wanda a few days ago, his mind is not on football, plus he has complained about too little playing time before, and he wants to leave Paris, Icardi still hurry up, with his current performance, Paris does not need him.
Third, there are frequent problems in the backline of Paris. In this game, Irmaz had several excellent opportunities and won a single knife at the beginning. Lille's first goal, also in the confusion of the Paris defense, leaked, Jonathan David was unguarded in front of the goal, and easily cushioned the goal. In the 57th minute of the second half, it was these two men again, who created chaos in front of the Paris goal in a row, multiple shots, and if the two seized a chance, the score would not be 2-1. Overall, the Paris backline is too big a problem, if there is no obvious improvement, in the Champions League, I am afraid that teams such as Bayern and Liverpool will be sieve!
Fourth, there is the role of Mbappe. Mbappe was not included in the squad due to injury in this round, and Paris's attack can be seen to be problematic to the naked eye. Previously, there was an article analysis that Mbappe was the most core offensive player in Paris, with him, there were arrows in the counterattack, there were explosive points in the attack, and at the same time, he could also assist Messi Neymar to break the goal, which is the absolute core of the attack. As it turns out, it really can't be done without Mbappe, and Paris still has to find a way to renew his contract!