Rid of his physical glitches, Sergio Ramos faces a new obstacle at Paris Saint-Germain. With the approach of the first clash against Real Madrid in the Champions League, the central defender has not yet convinced coach Mauricio Pochettino to integrate him into his standard team.
Sergio Ramos is yet to be favored by Mauricio Pochettino.
With almost a month to go from the knockout stages of the Champions League, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain do not approach the confrontation in the same way.
On the one hand, the recent winner of the Spanish Super Cup displays his certainties. And on the other, the current Ligue 1 leader has a lot of questions.
Ramos always replacing
Will Neymar recover from his ankle injury? In what state will Lionel Messi be after the effects of his Covid-19 contamination? Who to accompany Marco Verratti in the middle? Questions to which we can add the Sergio Ramos case.
Long stuck in the infirmary, the 35-year-old central defender finally seems to be rid of his physical glitches. But while February 15 is surely ticked in his calendar, the former Real executive is not at all certain to play. Mauricio Pochettino, in purely sporting choices, prefers Marquinhos and Presnel Kimpembe to him. The Spaniard spent the entire Lyon meeting (1-1) on the bench on January 9. And only a passage to 3 central defenders in the 72nd minute allowed him to enter against Brest (2-0) on Sunday.
An asset against Benzema
Unfortunately for him, this scheme is not the priority option of the Parisian coach, who we imagine less and less changing his plans. PSG only have four games (five in the event of qualification for the quarterfinals in the Coupe de France) to prepare, including important meetings against Lille and Rennes in the league which will not leave room for testing. Suffice to say that the chances of seeing Ramos start against Real will decrease over the meetings.
An incomprehensible trend for the former Parisian Eric Rabesandratana. Who else knows Karim Benzema better than Ramos? He knows the guys opposite and can help when you have a situation to manage, advised the consultant, interviewed by the daily Le Parisien. Sometimes that’s not enough, but it’s an asset to know the club. He was captain of Real, of course he will be an additional reinforcement. In preparation, of course. On the ground, it is not certain.
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