PSG will have no problem imposing its hegemony in Ligue 1 for another season. On the other hand, in the Champions League their lack of attacking efficiency puts their access to the round of 16 in serious danger, even in the previous playoff. In fact, after four days of playing, It occupies 25th place in the league with only 4 points and will now be eliminated from the tournament.
however, Luis Enrique received good news today to resolve the scoring drought suffered by the French champions, who have scored just three goals in European competition. Gonçalo Ramos, injured since the beginning of the season, He had his first group training session since then and will appear again in the coming days.
Drop after the first day
Victim of a sprained ligament in the left ankle In the first Ligue 1 match played on August 16 against Le Havre, the Portuguese striker underwent immediate surgery and, after exercising alone, he returned to collective training with the club’s youth team in this latest national team break. Now he has made it to the first team in a session held at the Poissy facility under the snow.
“He is in the final stages of his recovery. When will it be available? I don’t know, I will see him in training. That’s great. He just needs to tune up so he can participate” in the games, Luis Enrique explained in the press conference ahead of tomorrow’s Ligue 1 match against Toulouse.
Fair for Toulouse and Bayern
This meeting and, above all, the important trip to Munich to face Bayern on Tuesday In the Champions League they will come soon for Gonçalo Ramos, but PSG need him urgently due to his limited scoring production.
Faces of PSG a difficult schedule in the last four days of the Champions League: After the match against Bayern, they close the year by visiting RB Sazlburg (December 10) before hosting Manchester City (January 22) and finishing the league against Stuttgart in Germany (January 29).
There is no false 9
In the last match against Atlético (1-2 defeat at the Parc des Princes) PSG again showed inefficiency and a pure center forward: it had 71% possession, of his 870 passes 800 were Successful, he finished 22 times, where 9 in goal, but scored only one goal.
Luis Enrique without the Frenchman Randal Kolo Muani, the lone ‘9’ he has left in the absence of Gonçalo Ramos, continues to struggle to play without a false ‘9’.
“Bring it to me if you have it. This striker, where can I get it? It’s the Champions League. I am true to my ideas. The day I completely fail in football, I will do it with my ideas, not with those of one journalist, those of another coach,” declared Luis Enrique after the game against Atlético.
Attack problems
The return of Gonçalo Ramos, With good movements and presence in the area, he will make the team good, although there is still a lack of a player who can take advantage of second balls in the opposing area and to finish off the many centers that the team has formed.
“Ramos is a bit like Kolo Muani, a finisher. Players who will provide continuity, but their preference is to play in place. Their defensive level is good, especially Ramos. We can take him,” Luis Enrique concluded today.
Kimpembe is also returning to training
Besides Ramos, Presnel Kimpembe, He has been out since February 2023 due to an Achilles injury, and he also trained today for the first time with the group. Lucas Hernandez He also had to do it after his serious knee injury in May but was absent from the session due to “a viral process”, according to PSG.
Osumane Dembele, With hamstring problems in Angers-PSG before the national team break and out of France, he will have to be ready against Toulouse and Bayern. instead, Captain Marquinhos is gone open for sanction.
Nuno Mendes returns injured
Also, full-back Nuno Mendes suffered a sprained right ankle on Monday. during the Portuguese team’s match with Croatia and did not train today. It is a doubt against Bayern. Finally, the young French midfielder Senny Mayulu He will miss several weeks with a calf injury.
Source: La Verdad
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