Christophe Galtier He has made Nice the black beast of PSG this season. In three games, the Côte d’Azur team has reduced the Parisians’ offensive potential to ashes, to the point of not having conceded a goal against Pochettino’s and having won 1-0 in the match played this Saturday at the Allianz Riviera. As well eliminated him in January from the Coupe de France after drawing 0-0 in the Parc des Princes and later winning the penalty shootout, same result as the one harvested on December 1 in Paris in Ligue 1.
PSG broke a negative record against Nice. For the first time since the arrival of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, the Parisians have failed to score three times in one season against the same opponent. Galtier, who already snatched Ligue 1 from Pochettino last year, added this Saturday his fifth consecutive game without conceding a goal against PSG, a statistic that reinforces a rather underrated coach in Ligue 1. It is the second time in the history that PSG does not score a goal against the same opponent in a season, since you have to go back to 1986/1987 with Bordeaux to find the precedent.
“There is a PSG with Mbappé and another PSG without him”, recognized the Nice coach at a press conference. In the round of 16 match of the French Cup, the French international was a substitute and, although he came on in the second half, he was unable to undo the great work without the ball by Galtier’s men. In this Saturday’s match, Bondy’s could not enter the call due to the accumulation of cards, being a transcendental loss for Pochettino, who still does not know how to find a formula to replace him.