Messi riddle, Ramos anger & anger: the Parisian empire is threatened with implosion

Messi riddle, Ramos anger & anger
Implosion threatens the Parisian empire

By Tobias Nordmann

The championship in the French soccer league seems to have already been decided. It’s not a surprise. After twelve match days, the billion-dollar Paris St. Germain ensemble is already eight points ahead. So in a good mood? No not at all!

The situation in Qatar, sorry, Paris is tense. There is concern in the empire that the plans for world football domination will fail before they have developed their strength. The handle pot must be found. And more urgently than ever! After all, the St. Germain team is better and more expensive than ever. Lionel Messi is here now. And also Sergio Ramos. The legends of the Spanish soccer league want to play one last hallelujah on the final groove of their career. The problem, however, is: Their voices, which are supposed to sound so loud and beautiful, croak and remain silent on the sinfully expensive record. That was not how the Qatari empire had imagined!

Messi, he should fucking do magic. It should snake along the penalty area so beautifully and dangerously and process the ball wonderfully. For example, as a direct conclusion or as a preparatory element for his star customers Neymar, Kylian Mbappé or Angel di Maria. And Ramos, he should damn everything out of the way and block, which could be a potential danger for Gianluigi Donnarumma’s box. Forget, the Italian European champion is new too. But you don’t worry about that. He keeps what he promises. That should be taken literally. He keeps what he promises. When he plays, which has not been the case so far.

So what’s going on with the billion-dollar ensemble? Well, where Qatari investors see problems, others are opening bottles of champagne. Paris St. Germain is in principle already champions in the domestic league. After twelve match days, coach Mauricio Pochettino’s team is eight points ahead of OGC Nice. Of course, this cushion can still be lost. But this scenario is only theoretical. Should Neymar, Messi, Mbappé and Co. actually allow Nice or the other pursuers from Marseille or Lens to pass by, holy bimbam, you don’t want to know what would be going on in Paris. But despite the comfortable location, the team is not convincing. The defense is not particularly stable and the Gloria is missing in the front. The games are just won. And mostly only through one, two or three geniuses of the grandees.

“45 unworthy minutes from Messi”

No, no, that’s not how it was imagined. Especially not with Messi. He has only played five times in the league, but so far has neither scored nor prepared one! And then his achievements are also earthly to moderate! After the arduous 2-1 win against OSC Lille on Friday, the newspaper “Le Figaro” dismantled the Argentine superstar: “It was 45 minutes that were unworthy of his legendary talent. He was imprecise in front of the goal and in his passports.” Oh la la! These blasphemous sentences were quickly classified correctly with the addition that quite a few PSG stars are more likely to “stammer” their sport than play it.

The appearance of Messi against Lille also echoed in the club. The coach went out of his way to explain why he was leaving his compatriot in the dressing room during the break. Despite backlog against the reigning champion. It was a precautionary measure. “He couldn’t keep playing. I hope it’s not a big deal.” At least it seems so big that he can’t play against RB Leipzig in the Champions League on Wednesday. Well, that something else, something disgruntled, is suspected in a change, that should startle the Qatari empire. Once again. Because the bosses simply cannot rest in and around their luxury troops. First Mbappé hit the club in the summer with his relentless advances towards Real Madrid and then there was and is a permanently smoldering criticism of the coach.

The reproach is: A (beautiful) game idea cannot be recognized. Or the other way around: Is a (not beautiful) game idea, which is only based on the hope that the big stars will judge it, in order to achieve the club’s gigantic goals? The fact that this debate does not go silent also leads to wild excesses. French media reported that a PSG delegation made contact with the legendary Zinedine Zidane. It is not specifically about replacing Pochettino now, but such an exchange is always good. And then of course increases the pressure on the incumbent.

Embers at PSG wherever you look

The list of embers is much longer. Why isn’t Messi playing like Messi should be? And why isn’t Ramos actually playing? Well, the first question is not that easy to answer. But sporting director Leonardo has at least one idea, which he distributes to the critics as an all-round blow. “It’s hard to explain, he (Messi) has spent more time with Argentina than with us in the last few months.” The high load becomes a problem for Messi. “He’s traveling to the national team, he’s coming back and right now he has these muscular problems that everyone knows about,” scolded Leonardo after beating Lille. The Brazilian didn’t care that Messi’s last trip was about two weeks ago. Now it is like this: Lionel Messi is 34 years old. An age that you slowly notice the world star. An age that can also be traced back to his injury history. He is absent more often.

Leonardo was not indifferent, however, how badly his team is being talked about from all sides these weeks. “You can say that we are not good, but it starts to go too far,” the 52-year-old plagued, speaking himself into a rage: “It is said that the coach has no idea about football and that the great players we have sucks. You can’t talk about Messi, Mbappé, Neymar, Verratti, the coach and Marquinhos like that. ” Well no problem.

So the pack looked for a new victim: Sergio Ramos. The “Le Parisien” simply brought up that the club was thinking about separating the permanently injured defense centurion. “There are many doubts about Ramos’ injuryand it affects him emotionally because his body does not react “, the Spanish journalist Anton Meana analyzed just a few days ago. Miguel Martin, also a journalist from Spain, explained to” Carrusel Deportivo “: “If ‘Le Parisien’ publishes that, it is because the information comes from inside the association.” No trace of calm at PSG. The club is not only being attacked from the outside, there is also a threat of implosion.

Wednesday the journey of the destabilized ensemble continues. It goes to Leipzig (9 p.m. / DAZN and in the ntv.de live ticker). In the premier class, Paris leads the table of the strong group with Manchester City and Club Bruges. But the situation has already been very precarious twice. In Belgium, the luxury ensemble made a billionaire fool and saved a point with the luck of the super-rich. The first leg against RB was narrowly won, but at times the French seemed quite overwhelmed. And that of Leipzigers who are still trying to consistently understand and implement the football of their new coach Jesse Marsch. Well, the situation in Qatar, sorry, Paris is tense. At least.

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