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Turning 22 on Sunday, Kylian Mbappé expected goals and a victory for Paris Saint-Germain against Lille for the French Championship to celebrate his birthday. Coach Thomas Tuchel’s decision, however, was to leave him on the bench for 80 minutes claiming to preserve the striker with physical problems. Internally at the club, getting a “darling” off the board sounded like the final act of the German manager’s job.
PSG drew 0-0 with the leader of the competition and yesterday beat Strasbourg 4-0. The win was not enough. Tuchel also triggered an unauthorized interview with German TV channel ‘Sport 1’ this week when he complained about PSG: “Sometimes I think here: am I a coach or am I a sports politician, a sports minister? Where is he? My role of coach in a club like that? ”said Tuchel.
The political fight was the backdrop to a non-locker room layoff. On the contrary, in addition to Mbappé, another ace of the team, the Argentine Ángel Di María was having problems with the German coach for losing the team title to the Brazilian Rafinha.
Putting Mbappé as a substitute was a medical decision, defended the coach. The biggest problem was the time he was on the bench in such an important duel. The expression of discontent when the Frenchman entered the field was clear and put even more pressure on Tuchel.
In the dressing room, the common criticism was the lack of understanding with so many tactical changes promoted by Tuchel. On stage, the improvisation of Portuguese midfielder Danilo as a defender was the one that irritated the most.
Tuchel x Leonardo
The French press saw Danilo’s improvisation as a blow from Tuchel to the sports director, Leonardo, due to the departures of Thiago Silva (Chelsea) and Kouassi (Bayern Munich) and the failure to hire a defender since then. The arrival of the Portuguese was considered unnecessary, since the coach already used Marquinhos as a midfield and still had Herrera, Verratti, Paredes and Gueye for the role.
The pressure on Thomas Tuchel is due in large part to his bad relationship with Leonardo. Internally, he looks worn and worse when the coach recently signed publicly.
“Tuchel gave the image of a weak cast,” Leonardo initially complained. “We have to support the coach and also say things. With Tuchel, we had a discussion and said that we do not like the way he criticized the club to the press. We talk and now the discussion is clear to everyone. Then there are normal discussions, us He talks all the time about who is playing ”, said the Brazilian, returning to the subject shortly after.
In Leonardo’s opinion, PSG does not need to hire defenders because he believes they have no problems with their position. The plan was to reunite the team with at least one reserve for each position on the field. Thus, for the leader, the central defense has Marquinhos and Kimpembe as starters, with Diallo and Kehrer as reserves. Ahead, Neymar’s substitute is German Julian Draxler. The Brazilian Rafinha remains as an option for the positions of Di Maria on the attack side, or Verratti in the midfield.
Tuchel had the departure from PSG designed for some time. The resignation does not shock the French press as the contract that would end in June 2021 would no longer be renewed.
The European press puts the name of Argentine Mauricio Pochettino as the favorite to fill the position. He has been unemployed since leaving Tottenham at the end of last year, and has already been available to face a new team.
