Tomorrow evening (9 p.m., Canal Plus Foot), PSG faces Arsenal on the second day of the league phase of the Champions League. A special meeting for Nicolas Anelka, who played for both clubs.
Against Arsenal tomorrow evening,
PSG will wish to win a second time in
Champions League this season to continue its good start to the season. For this meeting, Luis Enrique will be able to count on an almost complete group with significant feedback from Nuno Mendes,
Vitinha or even Gianluigi Donnarumma et Marco Asensio. The Parisians will face one of the best teams inEurope. A special match for Nicolas Anelkawho played for both teams. Trained to
Paris (1996-1997 and 2000-2002), he joined the Gunners a year after his professional debut with the PSG (1997-1999). Pour
The Parisianthe former striker spoke about tomorrow’s meeting.
“First of all, these are two teams who want to produce beautiful football”
« I like beautiful football now, but my preference will go to Pariswhich is the club where I trained. But I find that these are first and foremost two teams who want to produce beautiful football. That’s what I appreciate. HAS
ArsenalI find that the game from before has been found. A good defensive base and a quick forward projection. And the offensive section of the team is very good technically and masters speed and accuracy in counter-attacks. This is whyArsenal mark a lot. » Pour Nicolas Anelkathis will be the first real test of the PSG this season. “ This is the biggest test that will undergo
Paris to know what he is really worth and what he can hope for in Europe. This is not the
Ligue 1 who can say what the value is
PSG. For now, I am optimistic because, even if Kylian left, the PSG
plays really well. But it’s really this big match
Arsenal who will inform us.
Paris plays as a team and everyone makes the effort. I’m not saying that wasn’t the case last year, but I feel a greater collective strength. The best proof is that the coach rotates his squad and we don’t see any difference. There is no dependence on a few players. It’s very interesting. »
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“I think he’s a great coach”
Nicolas Anelka also spoke about Luis Enrique and his playing philosophy. He works with the players he has. There are no more stars like
Mbappé or Neymar. But I think he’s a great coach. He did what he had to do when he was in charge Kylian. And I think it went really well between the two. Now we see that the star is the team. Paris does not have a Erling Haaland.
Randal Kolo Muanifor example, has a profile where he can also play on the sides. I also find that we are being quite harsh and quite unfair with him. He is a player full of qualities. He produces good matches, after which I can’t figure out his favorite position. As we rarely hear him, I don’t know in what role he wants to evolve. In
Germanyhe was very good. But he plays at a club where there have been so many great strikers that the wait around him is obviously very tough.. »
