After the defeat suffered last Thursday at Lens (1-0), Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), which has seven players out due to the coronavirus, is already under pressure before the great classic this Sunday against Marseille. Meanwhile, Thomas Tuchel, coach of the European runner-up, awaits this Friday for Florenzi, who will become a replacement for Thomas Meunier (now at Borussia Dortmund).
At this time, PSG is without Neymar, Mbappé, Icardi, Di María, Paredes, Keylor Navas and Marquinhos, who tested positive for coronavirus. The dream attack of Thomas Tuchel's team does not exist at the moment on the pitch. PSG could not with the defense of a recently promoted like Lens. It is not expected that the stars of the Parisian team will be able to play against Marseille in the classic of classic French football.
Regarding those affected by Covid-19, Tuchel said that “I do not know if they will be able to resume the competition, but if they do it it has to be having trained, if they are not in good physical shape I cannot expect it to be decisive.”
Reviews by Cavani and Choupo-Moting
Some criticism arises over the fact that PSG let Edinson Cavani and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting go (although the latter could eventually stay). Tuchel lined up the young Arnaud Kalimuendo (18 years old) and Kays Ruiz (18), who had never played in the top flight, at the start against Lens, in PSG's first match in Ligue 1. 78 percent possession for PSG and a shot between the three sticks.
“Our '10' in Lens were Ander Herrera and Kays Ruiz, who are a '6' and an '8'. The position is not of his characteristics, ”said Tuchel, justifying the problems that PSG had. “But if we have to play for the same team against Marseille, we will.”
“We were playing together for the first time, it takes time, otherwise football would be simple and easy,” Marco Verratti told Canal +, commenting that PSG, who played the Champions League final against Bayern on 23 August, could not lead to run a real preseason.