Return to Tel Aviv and this time: win! this is the objective of the Parisians who find this Sunday the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv. An enclosure which was the scene, just a year ago, of the defeat of PSG by Mauricio Pochettino. Beaten by Lille (1-0) where Galtier, champion of France 2021, had given way to Jocelyn Gourvennec.
Now Christophe Galtier is the coach of PSG and he intends to start his adventure correctly against Nantes by winning the 11th champions trophy in the history of PSG. Before this meeting, the new strongman of the Parisian club was asked about his desire for this champions trophy: does he want to seduce, convince or win on this meeting?
To win ! it’s a trophy. Last year we didn’t manage to win. I don’t know if we should try to convince, but the better we play, the more chances we have of winning.
“Small details to fix”
With good preparation between the lodge camp and Japan, PSG arrives for this champions trophy with some certainty. The group lives well, the first games showed a very attacking PSG but also sometimes feverish in defense. Blame it on the new system put in place by Christophe Galtier. Now PSG presents itself with a team in 3-4-1-2. The three centrals are Marquinhos, Ramos, Kimpembe and they still have to work as the Brazilian captain confides: “On the three-man defense, we worked, we know we made some mistakes (friendly matches on the tour of Japan), these are small details to correct. It’s normal, it’s a new pattern, we have need time to adapt. The coach showed us in video, we worked on it in training, we must not make mistakes, it’s a final.”
During its Japanese tour, PSG tested its 3-4-1-2 formula and rolled over its opponents, successively beating Kawasaki Frontale (2-1), Urawa Red Diamonds (3-0) and Gamba Osaka. (6-2).
Possible line-up: Sarabia in the starting 11
It has been a long time since PSG watchers have been able to attend a full PSG training session. There, at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, laughing Parisians trained for 50 intense minutes where we were able to discover the team scheduled for this Sunday against Nantes. As against Gamba Osaka in a friendly (6-2), the PSG version Christophe Galtier will present itself in 3-4-1-2
Probable line-up: Donnarumma, Kimpembe, Ramos, Marquinhos, Mendes, Hakimi, Verratti, Vitinha, Messi, Sarabia and Neymar
With AFP
PSG – Nantes, the champions trophy can be followed in full on France Bleu Paris from 8 p.m. with comments from Bruno Salomon, Greg Godefroy and Eric Rabesandratana.