This is an observation that will perhaps continue with Paris Saint-Germain this season: this Tuesday evening, against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League (1-1), the absence of a real killer in front of goal was evident. is a little more felt than usual, reminding some of the fond memories of a certain Kylian Mbappé. An idea shared by a certain number of supporters and observers of the capital club, especially since the injury to Gonçalo Ramos which led Luis Enrique to install sometimes Lee Kang-in, sometimes Marco Asensio in a role of false No. 9, and which was also formulated by the Red and Blue captain Marquinhos.
At the microphone of Canal +, at the end of the meeting, the Brazilian defender (30 years old) recognized this lack in the Parisian arsenal, even if he assumes the different direction in which the team is heading today: “If we take the statistics, we have quite a few goals at the start of the season, I think we have more than last year, he admitted. Last year, we had a great number 9. It’s normal that when a player like that leaves, people focus on that. We have another game idea today. But it’s important to make it happen, we have great players who have shown that they are capable of scoring. »
“The thing that was most lacking today was finishing,” he conceded. We had volume, we created chances, which we lacked against Arsenal. Today, we managed to play on the pitch, to create chances, but he missed the finish, which is very important in the Champions League. » PSG, which accumulated 2.43 expected goalsshot 26 times on goal this Tuesday evening against PSV Eindhoven (8 on target, 1 on the post, 7 saves by the opposing goalkeeper).
