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With goals from Icardi, PSG beat Reims 2-0. Even so, the coach was unhappy with the offensive production of the Parisian team
On Sunday (27), PSG won their third game in the 2020/21 Ligue 1 season by beating Reims 2-0 away from home. After a difficult start to the championship, Thomas Tuchel’s team found their way to victory and fought their way back to the battle for the national title. Despite the victory, the PSG coach was unhappy with the team’s offensive production and was very clear about it.
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“For what [a atuação do time] If it were totally positive, it would be necessary to kill the game first and close the spaces in the second half. It was very open. Many easy balls have been lost. There are things to improve. The truth is that in the last matches we created many chances, today there were seven or eight more, but we have to score more goals and regain efficiency. If we can score eight goals, we have to convert all eight. I really want us to be serious, we have the quality for that and I ask that we improve, ”Tuchel said at the end of the match.
Once again, Neymar acted as central and a little further back. Tuchel said his intention was to wear Neymar in a ’10 shirt’, but he worked so defensively that he ended up acting like an ‘8 shirt’.
“He worked very defensively in the first half. I wanted him to play like a 10, but he played like an 8. That didn’t stop him from having a great game. Overall, we had a good first half. We created a lot of chances, but we lost others. “. We have to kill the game at 20 minutes, it should have been 3 or 4 to 0. I am not happy with the second half, it was not serious, aggressive and intense enough ”, explained Tuchel.
Thomas Tuchel highlighted the attempt to make the team more offensive by bringing Neymar and Mbappé closer together, but much of his speech at the post-match press conference reflected his dissatisfaction with his team’s position and approach to play.
“The plan was to bring Neymar closer to Mbappé. We chose an offensive structure. We tried something and I have a lot of confidence in my team. We had many chances, 70% possession of the ball. If we do three or four in 30 minutes, the analysis would be different “So, we see that we lost many chances, there was no efficiency. You can’t play a game like that. In the second part we were not serious, “said the coach.
The French team, finalist in the last edition of the Champions League, did not have a very striking transfer window. Near the end of the period for new hires, Tuchel is still waiting for new reinforcements, but acknowledges that he may not have what he wants.
“I hope they arrive [novas contratações]. I want to believe that. You know the players we lost. I hope we play this season with a similar cast [em qualidade e profundide] last season, but I know it’s too late, “said the German coach.
PSG’s next game will be against Angers, at Parque dos Princes, next Friday (02), for the sixth day of Ligue 1.
