Ligue 1 2020-2021

Evilo

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Yes you can :D

Cibois isn't Brest goalie, it is Larseneur who was amazing last year but who's been bad this year. So they tried Cibois. Clearly they need to look elsewhere (though he did have some amazing saves like on Kadewere).
 
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gary69

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Another mistake by Mandanda, although defenders shouldn't be making backpasses like that. Nowadays, often a lot of teams try to retain possession in such situations, even though their players are not skillful enough to do so, which end up conceding goals and costing points. At least back in the 80's/90's players were honest enough just to boot it away.
 

Evilo

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After being the sole reason for their points, Mandanda has been awful for more than a month now.
 

Evilo

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Yes Monaco with a sound tactical 5 at the back defense. And their quick forwards (BY, Diop, Volland, Golovine) can score any time.
 

Evilo

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A few numbers :

1/ Last year after that round, PSG had 10 points over OM and 21 over the 3rd place team. Right now they are in 3rd place, 4 points behind Lille, 1 behind Lyon and 2 in front of Monaco.

2/ Last year afer that round, Lille had 15 less points.

3/ PSG has lost 6 times already this season in 26 games (4 in 15 under Tuchel , 2 in 9 games under Poch). Last year they had 3 losses in 27 games. 5 in 38 games in 2018/2019. 3 in 2017/2018. They had 3/3/2 under Blanc.
 

Evilo

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Oh and another telling number : against Lille, Lyon and Monaco, PSG is 1 point out of 12.
 

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Kovac outcoached Poch I would say. They were set up brilliantly and just didn't let PSG do anything they didn't want them to do. It's a shame he jumped to Bayern a bit too quickly, he had still some things to learn as a coach before being handed the big-ticket item. Most importantly how to massage the egos of big players, it wasn't his tactics that let him down at Bayern, it was his feuds with Mueller and others. Nice to see he is also capable of change in terms of tactics, they completely changed how they play compared to the shaky start of the season.
 

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Kovac outcoached Poch I would say. They were set up brilliantly and just didn't let PSG do anything they didn't want them to do. It's a shame he jumped to Bayern a bit too quickly, he had still some things to learn as a coach before being handed the big-ticket item. Most importantly how to massage the egos of big players, it wasn't his tactics that let him down at Bayern, it was his feuds with Mueller and others. Nice to see he is also capable of change in terms of tactics, they completely changed how they play compared to the shaky start of the season.

Kovac's football is legit, Frankfurt played great defense by being super aggressive and pressing a LOT, and Monaco are filled with young, talented kids who will listen if they buy in.

He was at Bayern at the wrong time and went up vs Müller, was never gonna end well.
To be fair, Müller was off form a long time before Kovac got there and only got back to world class level with Flick.

But Kovac still got the double in his first season, he was far from a disaster and is still a coveted young manager - as shown by Monaco getting him.
 

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OM has made a lot of good changes in a single day.
They fired their dumbass director Eyraud and put Longoria there.
And have named Sampaoli coach instead of AVB.
 
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Evilo

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Yes you can :D

Cibois isn't Brest goalie, it is Larseneur who was amazing last year but who's been bad this year. So they tried Cibois. Clearly they need to look elsewhere (though he did have some amazing saves like on Kadewere).
Looks like the benching has helped him a lot.
Larsonneur was absolutely stunning today against Monaco.
Back to last year's form.
 

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