Rennes PSG express debrief (1-1) – 20 minutes
- PSG conceded the draw in Rennes this Sunday evening and see LOSC spinning for the title.
- The Parisians did not show much and had to rely on a penalty from Neymar to scratch a point.
- Mauricio Pochettino had no explanation and just talked about the very good game for Rennes.
At Roazhon Park.
From the bays of Roazhon Park, we thought we heard some cries of joy coming from the suburbs of Lille on the equalization of Serhou Guirassy. By catapulting his head into Keylor Navas’ cage, the Rennes striker has done LOSC a great service. Led from a disputed penalty and transformed by Neymar just before half-time, Stade Rennais delivered a very big performance on Sunday night and could have won against a PSG blunted by its elimination in the Champions League against Manchester City. By conceding the draw (1-1), the Parisians have undoubtedly said goodbye to the title of Ligue 1 champion. Have they lost everything? ” Not yet. In football, a lot can happen. We are disappointed but we have to give credit to Rennes, which played a very good game. Beyond the attitudes or qualities, we were not better than Rennes, we did not deserve the three points, ”said Pochettino after the meeting.
The words of the coach seemed much more measured than those of his players. Expelled at the end of the meeting for a murderous tackle on Jérémy Doku, Presnel Kimpembe unbolted in the corridors of Roazhon Park. At the microphone of Canal +, Marquinhos summarized the state of mind of Parisians. “It’s unacceptable when you’re PSG to let the points slip away like that. It can happen once, twice, but it’s starting to get a lot. It’s not our best season. We weren’t very strong ”.
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But what we preferred was the conclusion. “We have to do a lot better at the end of the season and start talking to each other for next season,” summed up the defender, who was one of the few to be at the level on Sunday night. For the rest, we saw a fatalistic team, unable to be dangerous in the second half, in front of his salute to an excellent Keylor Navas.
“It’s a season with a lot of ups and downs”
Three points from LOSC, PSG can only count on a misstep from the Northerners to pocket the title. But given his performance against Rennes, we tend to think that he does not deserve it. “I thought they were going to have a slightly stronger reaction after the equalizer, but they might not have the means,” Breton coach Bruno Génésio analyzed after the meeting. U.S. too. But it was not. Sunday, Stade Rennais patiently imposed its collective to be dangerous. Quite the opposite of a decidedly banal Paris when Mbappé is not there. Neymar and Draxler’s overtime announcements could have brought serenity to the locker room. They haven’t changed the membership problem. The lack of cohesion is glaring. “It’s a season with a lot of ups and downs. Decisions will be taken at the end of the season to improve the team, ”Pochettino promises. There will be a Coupe de France semi-final and two Ligue 1 matches to be played beforehand.