Christophe Galtier releases his truths on the thorny Leo Messi case

PSG experienced another complicated week between the boycott of the Collectif Ultras Paris of all club-related activities, and of course the end of Leo Messi’s premature sanction. Suspended two weeks after his trip not authorized by management in Saudi Arabia to fulfill a commercial obligation, the Argentinian finally returned last Monday, a week early. There was something to wonder about. Some see the club’s weakness, while others prefer to retain the world champion’s apology video.

Christophe Galtier was delighted to find his number 30 in training. Besides, to hear it, the whole group received this news with a smile. “Nobody commented on it (the sanction, editor’s note) even me on the other hand, with pleasure we welcomed the return of Leo at the start of the week. He trained with a lot of determination and the desire to play., assures the coach today at a press conference. He will be back tomorrow (9 p.m.) against Ajaccio on behalf of the 35th day of Ligue 1 and will even start.

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“I spoke with him as soon as he returned on Tuesday to see what state of mind he was in.rewinds Galtier. I found him calm and determined to play, to win an additional French championship title. From all these elements, yes it will start tomorrow. He will therefore be associated with Kylian Mbappé in front and perhaps even Hugo Ekitike because the coach explained that he had worked on two different systems this week with two then three offensive elements, indicating that he was counting on his players to surf on the good impression left. in Troyes.

“Messi is Messi. I won’t talk to you about statistics, which are very interesting, but you have to find a good balance and an offensive animation. In Troyes, we expressed ourselves in a beautiful way. I stick to what we did in Troyes. By incorporating Leo, we will have to do the same thing. Easier said than done since since the return of the World Cup, PSG has had a hard time stringing together good performances. With 6 points ahead of Lens 4 days from the end, this should not prevent him from obtaining the 11th title of champion of France in his history. Other questions will come later.