Last night against RB Salzburg, PSG finally scored goals in the Champions League. But beyond the score, the content of the match was also interesting from several points of view on a tactical level.
Pia Clemens therefore made a call to Andrea Chazy, journalist at So Foot and tactics enthusiastto know his analysis of the match. Andrea's first observation: RB Salzburg is really bad. But some encouraging tactical successes should still be highlighted.
Firstly, in line with the adjustments proposed by Luis Enrique over the last three matches, Parisian left back Nuno Mendes played liberated offensively thanks to the use of a midfielder to stay in defense when Nuno goes on the attack. in attack. Last night, it was Joao Neves and Vitinha who were alternately responsible for compensating for his rises, and it worked quite well, Nuno Mendes having scored the second Parisian goal.
Secondly, on the other side of the field, on the right, Achraf Hakimi was brilliant. He also delivered two assists. And the more time passes, the more we understand that in fact, the entire tactical construction of the team is based on the use of Hakimi by Luis Enrique.
“In my opinion, Hakimi is the best player at Paris Saint-Germain today. Because of his versatility, because of what he brings… And in his position, I don't see many who are better than him What it showed yesterday is that today, he is the boss of this team on the pitch, in terms of technical quality If Luis Enrique has put him at the heart of the game for almost a year. and a half, it's because it's the player who brings real quality, a real plus to this team.”
Another success in yesterday's match: the tactical copy delivered by captain Marquinhos, and the quality of the counter-pressing put in place by Luis Enrique: “What I really liked about Marquinhos' match was that we saw him very, very high. We saw him regularly in the opponent's area, and especially very close when recovering the ball. And I think that was one of the real positive points yesterday, this ability of Marquinhos to immediately be close to the player in the counter-pressing If PSG conceded so little, it's because on the counter-press. pressing, they were very good.”
Doctor Chazy's prescription for the rest of the season: that PSG vary its game by sometimes starting its actions further from the opponent's goal, as on the 3rd goal scored by Paris. That our players have the space in front of them to run.
