For the second season in a row, the French champion coach is not even part of the list of the five best Ligue 1 coaches according to his peers. This is the misadventure that happened to the so criticized PSG technicians Mauricio Pochettino in 2021-2022 then Christophe Galtier this year. We therefore find in this list unveiled this Tuesday by the UNFP Pascal Gastien (8th with Clermont) and Philippe Montanier (13th with Toulouse), to accompany the big favorite Franck Haise (2nd), as well as Igor Tudor (3rd) and Paulo Fonseca (5th).
Other choices for the ceremony, organized on May 28 by the union of professional footballers, challenge, especially to crown the best player of the season. This title, which seems promised for the fourth consecutive time to the current top scorer in Ligue 1 Kylian Mbappé (26 units), thus has two major absentees in the five named. We think of Alexandre Lacazette (25 goals and 4 assists), absolute leader of an Olympique Lyonnais (7th) who would be (even more) lost without him. Just like Alexis Sanchez, with a more modest statistical line (14 goals and 3 assists) but with an undeniable influence on OM (3rd) still in the race for direct qualification in the Champions League.
It’s quite mysterious to see that Ligue 1 players have more welcomed the year of Lensois midfielder Seko Fofana, inconsistent despite Racing’s superb season (2nd), more illustrated by Loïs Openda, another Blood and Gold named. Lille’s Jonathan David (21 goals and 4 assists) and Lionel Messi, whose true trace of his time at PSG will remain much duller than his stats (15 goals and 15 assists), do not seem indisputable in this list either. , in view of their lesser leadership compared to the Lyon and Marseille owners. Like what individual ceremonies in football are almost always accompanied by oddities.