Paris Saint-Germain lost 1-0 face au Bayern Munich (Bayern/PSG video summary) this Tuesday at the Allianz Arena as part of the 5th day of the league phase of the 2024-2025 Champions League. Bixente Lizarazu, former 1998 World Champion spoke in The Team, on this disappointment. He regrets that PSG adapted and sees Bayern's victory as logical.
Lizarazu « It makes sense because PSG came to Munich with a defensive approach.”
“There is no dispute about Bayern's victory?
It makes sense because PSG came to Munich with a defensive approach. This allowed him to limit the damage, with a 4-man midfield which protected the defense rather well even if Bayern created a lot of chances but showed waste, notably Coman. PSG had a glaring offensive deficit. It was so poor. We experienced matches with a false 9, there were no longer even 9s, it was zero 9s.
Lizarazu « A score of 2-0 would still have been more logical”
Does Dembélé's red card influence the scenario?
No. PSG held up well, they didn't crack, but in this match, they couldn't score, and yet they weren't a great Bayern who couldn't show all their talent because they wasted too much. PSG blocked the spaces well, but a score of 2-0 would still have been more logical. (…)
The 4-4-2 chosen was very poor, I didn't understand. When you're a big team like Bayern, City or Real, you don't adapt, or only a little, you play your game. PSG started out in this match with little arm, they behaved like a junior in the approach to the meeting. »
It's true that the absence of a striker to support Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé is quite strange. PSG adapted, did not play their game and therefore disappointed against a stronger team. The defeat is logical as PSG was not able to score a goal, as Lizarazu points out. PSG no longer has the soul of a great team, three defeats against three big clubs is too much.
PSG is not invited, for the moment, to the table of the biggest and will have to work hard to seek qualification. It will be complicated and it will go through a play-off match, if all goes well, if they wish to return to the round of 16. PSG is in a complicated situation, it will be difficult this season to reverse the trend.
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