Lille coach Bruno Génésio spoke at a press conference about the possibility of Paris Saint-Germain easing off in Ligue 1 at the end of the season. For him, there’s no question.
Genesio “ Je sais qu’ils vont jouer le jeu à fond ”
“Honestly, I have no doubts about Paris’ state of mind at the end of the season. I know they’re going to play their hearts out,” he explained on Thursday. Even when they rotate, they keep a balanced, high-performance team. There’s perhaps the match against Strasbourg, which is badly placed between the two Champions League semi-finals.
Maybe there’ll be something to say about that match. But they haven’t distorted the Championship in the slightest. They’re 23 points ahead and I can’t see any team letting up. I saw them play against Nantes (1-1 on Tuesday), and they played their game. So, there’s no question about it.”
Given that the defeat at Nice had not occurred at the time of Génésio’s comments, perhaps his speech would have been different. But we all saw the game against Nice, the chances, the play, and without incredible inefficiency, the Parisians still played their game, with intensity while being very clumsy.
PSG wanted to set an unbeaten record, but perhaps that will give them something to hang their hat on at the end, as the record is no longer there. What remains is the unbeaten away record. In any case, PSG have earned the right to manage their games, as they became French champions very early on. The other teams could also have done better and taken shelter earlier.
