Christophe Galtier has arrived at PSG and wins everything he plays but has to explain himself to Mbappé and company. Photo: Bertrand GUAY / AFP.
The paris st germain started the new season by adding one victory after another. But despite his overwhelming start from the sport, indoors the climate has started to heat up. The discussion between Mbappé Y Neymar from a penalty, which the Brazilian eventually hit, he started war of egos that destabilizes a team that needs continental results.
Christophe Galtier wore the DT track suit in early July and took innovative measures. It started with the “coexistence rules”, followed by a purification on campus and recently hired a new nutritionist who surprised everyone with a new ban.
But despite the Frenchman’s effort to fix things, the relationship between his stars behind closed doors continues to be a recurring theme in the French press, lurking after the short circuit between Neymar and Mbappé. “There is no discomfort. We met quickly the next day to sort everything out, to tell each other what we needed to say.Galtier confessed at a press conference.
The former Lille added: “We had a very enjoyable week at work, each other worked well, I enjoyed it in all sessions this week and this epiphenomenon He disappeared very quickly, that is, the day after the game.
According to the RAE, “epiphenomenon” is a term of psychology and defines an “accessory phenomenon that accompanies the main phenomenon and has no influence on it”. For Galtier, it is assumed, the important thing in the match against Montpellier was the overwhelming victory and not the whim of Mbappé, who will not appear in any statistics.
The need to lower the foam due to the conflict generated between two of its stars led him to confess that problems existed on the playing field. Mbappé did not celebrate the goal against Montpellier, missed a penalty and, when they charged him for another one, ended up kicking Neymar. “Nothing happened, it was short. The two talked, there was a conversation, Ney felt ready and Kylian let him kickGaltier specified.
The Brazilian’s reactions on social networks, the “I like” posts that went against the French, generated an immediate journalistic sensation. And Mbappé’s mother also came out to talk about the subject to add another chapter to this novel.
The French coach also referred to the order prepared for taking penalties. The DT blamed that Messi is on the list after the French and the Brazilian. “There was a precise order in that game, Kylian 1st and Ney 2nd. Then there is the interpretation of the order given in the case of a second penalty. It could be Messi, (Sergio) Ramos … There is what I say and that must be respected, and there is the reality of the match and of the moment. “
In turn, consulted on the football relationship of his dream trident, Galtier was energetic: “He was a trio last season. He was very efficient. He’s constantly looking for himself in the game. He’s a real trio, not a couple. And yes, it’s easy to integrate Kylian, huh.”
Neymar’s future follows in doubt
Another recurring theme in every Galtier appearance is Neymar’s future. It goes? Stays? “The market always has surprises, many surprises. But I haven’t heard Ney say he wants to leave. He works well, behaves well and doesn’t seem like a player waiting for anything. But the market is the market … “.
However, he was a little dissatisfied with the market: “I said two weeks ago that I was still waiting for three backups. We’ve identified the players we miss. There is the reality of the market and we have many players under contract. We must not believe that it is easy to integrate a new player. That these players do not arrive penalizes us. “
After a devastating start in Ligue 1 (he scored 10 goals on the first two dates), PSG will visit Lille this Sunday in a risky match for Lionel Messi and company. With Vitina interrupted, the novelty could be the appearance of Leandro Paredes as owner in midfield alongside Marco Verratti. An important opportunity for the national team midfielder, in the sights of Juventus.
The cold war between Neymar and Mbappé
War declared between Neymar Y Kylian Mbappé turn on the alarms. After the missed penalty by the Frenchman and the one made by the Brazilian in the 5-2 victory against Montpellier on Saturday, the social networks echoed a possible confrontation that already worries the managers of the most powerful club in France.
Over the weekend, for the second round of Ligue 1, Mbappé missed the first penalty of the match but still transformed the team’s fourth goal, but did not celebrate. The question, then, remained in the air: was the annoyance at his mistake still lasting or was there something else?
At the Parc des Princes, the French striker criticized Vitinha for not giving him a pass and arguing with the Brazilian crack to see who executed the second penalty of the match, which was eventually hit (and hit) by Neymar.
The problem continued on social media, where the maximum tension between the two was discovered when several Twitter users criticized PSG’s decision to make Mbappé the “owner” of the club, comments to which the Brazilian gave “like” .
Mbappé’s new contract: the problem
In 2017, when PSG spent 222 million euros on Barcelona, Neymar became the most expensive footballer in the world. However, this year it was Mbappé who signed a contract that made him the cornerstone of a team that has had the best footballer on the planet, Messi, since last year.
As is well known, when the Frenchman signed in May and ruled out the interesting proposal from Real Madrid, he did so to be “the cornerstone of the project and the cog from which the others must work” at PSG.
Neymar, of course, would not agree with this, nor Messi, who in all his teams opted to be one of the group (and it did not go badly).
Even without Mbappé on the first date against Clermont, both Messi and Neymar shared the spotlight and understood each other perfectly to lead the team to victory. In the second game, already with Mbappé on the pitch, Neymar was once again the protagonist and made a better match than his teammate.
Furthermore, the environment of the Brazilian star would be dissatisfied with the club for giving more importance to Mbappé in the squad, including the issue of taking charge of penalties in the squad.
“The order of selection of the players has been defined for this match. Kylian kicked first and it was logical that Neymar would have done so later. We will see in the future,” Galtier warned after the win.
In this sense, it seems logical that the chosen one was the one who was proclaimed best player in the French league, being its top scorer (28 goals), and ended up renewing the contract with the champions.
Last season, meanwhile, Neymar turned three of four of his 13 goals during another season in which he missed several games due to injury. While Messi has been criticized for being more present in the Argentine national team – where he won his first title during the Copa América – than in the club.
While any team would like to have Paris Saint Germain’s dream attack (Messi, Neymar – captains of Argentina and Brazil respectively – and Mbappé), ego and division could wreak havoc on that trident at the end of the season. .
Source: Clarin
