PSG closed their series of friendlies in Japan with a win. After beating Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 and Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0, this time the French won by 6-2 Gamba Osaka. Now, the Parisians are already thinking about their first official commitment of the season: on Sunday, July 31 against Nantes, for the French Super Cup.
As in the previous matches, Christophe Galtier showed some defensive flawsalthough obviously offset by the huge difference in talent between one campus and another.
After almost 30 minutes without goals, there were five minutes with three goals: paul sarabia put the 1-0, Neymar converted the second with an invented penalty and moments later, Keisuke Kurawa discounted for the locals after a series of rebounds.
The rain of goals continued at the end of the first half: a Portuguese combination between Vitinha and Nuno Mendes for 3-1 and South American between Neymar and Lionel Messifor Rosario to put the fourth.
The roles were reversed for 5-1 at 15 minutes in the second half: assist from Messi and second goal from Neymar. Hiroto Yamami discounted again for the Japanese, while Kylian Mbappe He put the final 6-2, again from 12 steps.
A three-defender scheme here to stay?
PSG rarely resorted to a three-man defensive line in last season. He barely did it in three games, but all of them coincided with the presence of Sergio Ramos in the starting lineup. And while the Spanish is recovering the best form of him, Galtier begins to film this scheme: He had done it against Kawasaki and repeated this Monday. Precisely the two games in which his team used a practically starting eleven.
It is clear that the exDT of Nice has several elite central defenders like himself Ramos, Presnel Kimpembe and Marquinhosin addition to two lateral ideals for that type of formations like Achraf Hakimi Y Nuno Gomes.
The attack front with three strikers remains untouchable, which then, at least in that scheme, leaves room for only two midfielderswith names like Vitinha, Idrissa Gueye, Leandro Paredes and Danilo (also alternative as a central defender) fighting for the starting job.
Minutes for Leandro Paredes, recovered from his injury
Leandro Paredesprecisely one of those who fights for those places in the center of the field, got minutes again after missing the last two friendlies for one muscle soreness. The Argentine entered in the last 30 minutes of the game and had a scoring situation at the end of it.
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PSG vs. Gamba Osaka, result, summary and goals: another win for the Parisians in Japan, with a goal from Lionel Messi