Attractive and solid in Ligue 1, post-Mbappé PSG is struggling in the Champions League. Without its star gone to Real Madrid, the Parisian club appears too tight in Europe. An analysis that a laudatory Presnel Kimpembe does not share with the Parisian project.
Is Paris Saint-Germain still scary in Europe? If we refer to Ligue 1, the answer is positive since the Parisians clearly dominate the ranking and are undefeated after 11 matches played. In the Champions League, on the other hand, it is much more difficult. PSG has only won one match out of 4, being eliminated from the competition for the moment (25th out of 36 clubs). With the departure of Kylian Mbappé last summer, the Parisian club focused on cohesion and youth in attack. Given the Parisian inefficiency in C1, this choice is not bearing fruit for the moment. For many observers, Paris is too soft to compete with the big European teams.
Kimpembe puts pressure on PSG
Presnel Kimpembe does not share this prevailing defeatism. Injured for a year and a half, the Parisian central defender nevertheless remains very involved in the locker room. Canal+ went to get its feelings about the Parisian sports project and the new PSG without stars. Kimpembe was very complimentary towards his management and Luis Enrique's staff. The young Parisian team can and even must have influence in Europe according to him. The 2018 world champion clearly put pressure on his partners.
« We have the opportunity to do something big, with a good team that is young, of course, but the team itself is there. We have everything in our hands to succeed. It's up to us to do what we need to do to move forward and be able to achieve our goals. If we don't believe it, we're dead. Me first, if I don't believe it, I'm dead. When you're a competitor, that's how it happens. We can fall, and we will get up again, but we cannot say “no, I don’t believe it”. If you don't believe it, get off the boat, get off the train. There are others who will come in your place and with them, we will build again », he blurted out on the encrypted channel. A speech that exudes motivation and the rage to win. A good way for Kimpembe to remember the good memories of an entire club despite his physical problems.
