Christophe Galtier, coach of the French team Paris Saint-Germain, expressed his disappointment after the defeat by Rennes 0-1, yesterday, Sunday, in the nineteenth stage of the League.
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Galtier said, in statements to the “Amazon Prime Video” platform, “I am mainly disappointed with the performance. We did nothing, and we had an advantage in very limited situations. We intensified our focus on possession of the ball and a large number of players retreated without putting enough pressure on the Rennes defense.”.
Galtier also talked about problems related to the Argentine stars Lionel Messi and Neymar due to the lack of a clear danger to the opponent’s goal when pushing the ball forward, and the same applied to the French star Kylian Mbappe when he participated from the bench ten minutes after the start of the second half in place of Hugo Itiki.
Paris Saint-Germain loses to Rennes
The Paris Saint-Germain team lost to its counterpart Rennes, 1-0, in the match that brought the two teams together on Sunday evening at the “Roazon Park” stadium, within the framework of the 19th round of the French League championship..
The only goal came through Haman Traore in the 65th minute, through a cross from the left, to meet it directly into the net.
Paris Saint-Germain ranking in the French League
Despite the loss, Paris Saint-Germain still leads the French League standings with 47 points, while Rennes is in fifth place with 40 points..
And Paris Saint-Germain had suffered its first defeat this season in the competition, against Lens, 3-1, in the match that was held the week before last in the 17th round of the French League championship, so that this would be its second loss.
The date of the Paris Saint-Germain match in the Riyadh season
It is expected that the Paris Saint-Germain team will be in Saudi Arabia next Thursday to play an exhibition match against the Riyadh season team, which includes the stars of the Saudi Al-Hilal and Al-Nasr teams, Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, who recently joined Al-Nassr, will participate in the match