PSG ruined positive start to season as Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe remained silent over loss at Rennes

Paris Saint-Germain’s return to club football has been difficult since the FIFA 2022 World Cup, but it continues after Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to Ligue 1 side Stade René. Not only was it his second consecutive top-flight defeat of the French champion, but his RC in good form reignited his race for the title in his Championna. lens We are now within 3 points of Les Parisiens.

Perhaps most worrying for PSG, with less than a month before UEFA Champions League action resumes, Christophe Galtier’s squad will be seen in the shadow of their early-season version. Hamari Traoré did damage to Rennes The exhausted home team’s one-goal margin at Rorejohn Park was less than half the visitors’ story.

had Gianluigi Donnarumma Had it not been for some impressive and important saves, PSG would have been buried with two or three goals instead of one. Lionel Messi and brazilian superstar Neymar From the off, French golden boy Kylian Mbappe was added before the hour mark.

Despite this incredible firepower, PSG were only able to get one shot on target at Brittany, and it happened late in the game when all three were on the field. Neymar’s performance was of particular concern, not just technically, but mentally as well. Angers SCO to midweek.

Marco Verratti Despite the fact that he was present at the first defeat of the campaign at Lens, his absence coincided with a significant loss of fluency, so the recent injury is worrying. VitinhaFabian Ruiz, Carlos Soler When Danilo Pereira At 16, Warren Zaire Emery is too young to adjust seamlessly.

There are more questions than ever when it comes to captains Marquinhos‘ now long term form decline and veteran Sergio Ramos All of a sudden, it looks like someone pushing the 37-year-old away. of Inter Milan milan scrinial.

It might be tempting to say that bringing Mbappe back into the starting line-up will fix this slump, but France The International was also there for Lens and was helpless. This wobbly form has indeed been present since returning to home action, with a controversial late-game penalty leading to a 2–1 win over struggling RC. Strasbourg Alsace before being defeated by Lance.

The Northerns themselves are a factor in PSG’s struggles, given their relentless pursuit of an incredible 10-game winning streak at the Stade Bollard this season. Partly due to post-World Cup freshness issues, PSG have had to rest many of their star players, and Bayern Munich plans to fully rest and return to domestic competition.

With four games to win before the UCL returns, Gaultier and his men cannot afford to let this slump get any worse.