The head coach of the reigning champions of France spoke about the confident victory over Rennes, which cost PSG another personnel loss (3: 0).

The central match of the tenth round of the French Ligue 1 was rightfully considered the confrontation between Paris Saint-Germain and Rennes, in which the reigning champion of the country successfully defended the leading position in the standings from the encroachments of a direct competitor (3: 0).

However, the unpleasant aftertaste after this in the “red-blue” still remained. Midfielder Idrissa Gueye and defender Tilo Kerer left the field during the first half as a result of injuries. For PSG, which had eight key players absent before the game against Rennes, such personnel losses were serious.. About this, and not only, in his post-match interview, said the German mentor of the Parisians Thomas Tuchel, and his words are quoted by the publication L'Equipe.

" It was very difficult to find the starting lineup, - the head coach complained about staffing problems, - the same Herrera had an injury, but he played just excellent. Another situation is Paredes, who, against the background of recovering from an injury, played the entire fight. We have shown mentality, solidarity, collective efforts. This is a great victory for us "

" Keane got a lot of kicks during the game, but I hope he's okay. Guye has problems with his hip, and Kerer has a groin injury, therefore, everything is very serious, "

" I don't know when my players will be back. It's very, very difficult. Draxler, Verratti, Icardi - they plan to resume classes in a week. We are already playing with Paredes, although he had only two training sessions with the team. We are in a very limited space, as a result of which we have to use the players until they are fully recovered. "

Over the course of last season, PSG had about thirty muscle injuries.. This trend has moved into the new football year, which is also accompanied by restrictions due to COVID-19.. Tuchel sees this situation this way: “We played 8 matches in 22 days, and we are not training. We are just recovering, and when we play at 9 pm, we have no time to recover at all. We play on Friday in Monaco (after an international pause - ed.. ), but some of our players arrive on Thursday or Wednesday after two or three qualifiers for their national teams. That's all the explanation "

In the middle of the week, during an unsuccessful 1-2 UEFA Champions League trip to Leipzig, Thomas Tuchel used the nominally central defender Marquinhos as a midfielder. In a Ligue 1 match, the coach refused such tactics, explaining his decision as follows: “We have a solution for every game. Danilo was not ready. Kimpembe is injured. Diallo was supposed to play on the left. I had two solutions with Tilo and Marki.

I chose Marquinhos for two reasons: to give Abd some experience in pairs, and also to play with Tilo on the wing, because we needed a rhythm player. Marky gave a lot against Leipzig. He is the heart and soul of this team. "

The last question to the head coach of PSG was the current condition of striker Moise Keane: “He has a big heart, he tries. He does the right thing. I would not want to play against him in defense right now - it is really difficult to play against him, "