PSG is playing part of its European future this Tuesday evening against Bayern Munich. Badly off to qualify for the play-off, Luis Enrique's team must bounce back even if elimination would not be dramatic in the eyes of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, a position that Daniel Riolo does not share.
This new edition of the Champions League is not successful at all for Paris Saint-Germain at the moment. Currently 25th in the regular season standings, the capital club is virtually eliminated. Luis Enrique has four games left to get back on track and enter the top 24 which allows him to qualify for the play-off. The Spanish coach is under pressure even if officially, he is not threatened and will not be more threatened in the event of elimination. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was clear, PSG is engaged in a reconstruction project around Luis Enrique and an early elimination in Europe would not be dramatic. A point of view that Daniel Riolo does not share at all.
At the microphone of RMC, the journalist even trashed the president of Paris Saint-Germain for what he describes as a terrible lack of ambition and demands towards a team which has systematically qualified for the Round of 16 of the Champions League over the last ten years. “Halfway through the Champions League, we are asking ourselves the question of whether it would be dramatic for PSG not to qualify for the play-offs. Dominique Rocheteau, a former member of the club, says it would be dramatic. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi seems to say no. I have the impression that many supporters agree with what Al-Khelaïfi says and I admit that I don't understand. analyzes the editorialist before concluding.
Daniel Riolo looks like Nasser Al-Khelaïfi
“Since 2013, even under construction at the start of the project, PSG has always been top 16 at least and sometimes top 8 or better. And there, it wouldn't be dramatic not to be top 24 because there is a project and a reconstruction. It was the same coach last year and the same 80% squad coming out of a Champions League semi-final. Without saying that we are going to win the C1, the minimum is to be in the top 24 but we are told that it would not be serious. This is the communication of the club and its president. I don't understand. It’s a huge rant which is causing a deep split within the PSG family because some adhere to this discourse” regrets Daniel Riolo, who fears that Nasser Al-Khelaïfi will greatly contribute to dividing PSG supporters if it continues like this.
To avoid a real internal crisis, nothing better than qualifying for the play-off. Luis Enrique and the Parisian players know what they now have to do, despite a very tough schedule with Bayern Munich and Manchester City on the program for the next two matches.
