With only one small victory in four matches, on the first day against Girona (1-0), PSG is playing a good part of its European future on Tuesday evening on the pitch of Bayern Munich. Currently 25th in the standings, the Parisian club would move a little further away from the play-offs in the event of defeat, even if everything would remain mathematically possible. A situation that no one wants to envisage, on the eve of this meeting in Germany.
“Efficiency is the business of the entire team”
“We made it complicated on our own. Now, we have to have good results to qualify, Luis Enrique admitted at a press conference. Football only knows one thing: goals scored. And on this, we obviously have room for improvement. »
The Parisians indeed display the worst offensive statistics of the competition in terms of efficiency, with three goals scored for more than seven expected goals cumulative. Finding the trigger is becoming urgent, and even if we have known better place than the Allianz Arena for that, it's not as if there was a choice. “We have to take the positive out of this type of pressure,” said Vitinha, present in front of the press before his coach. Efficiency is a matter for the whole team, not just the attackers. The evidence against Toulouse. »
Friday in Ligue 1, the goals indeed came from the midfield (Joao Neves and Vitinha himself) and the defense (Beraldo). It is not Luis Enrique and his conception of football that will go against this observation. “The strength of our team is not to depend on one player,” recalled the Spanish coach. I expect individual progression from all my players. I maintain confidence when I see how my team trains each week. »
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The Asturian does not budge, his team's European performances are good. Enough, in any case, to get a result in Bavaria and get back on track. “We have to follow our line, but go even further than what we have shown, raise the level. It’s obligatory when you play an opponent of this caliber, on your lawn,” he warned. We can say it… Bayern remains on six victories in a row, with 17 goals scored and zero conceded.
