See what Tuchel said about Neymar after PSG’s 2-1 loss against Rennes
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Paris Saint-Germain coach, Thomas Tuchel surprisingly declared that his team missed Neymar Junior in their shock defeat to Rennes in French Ligue 1 and ruled out an exit for the Brazilian except an adequate replacement is brought in. Neymar’s extended absence from PSG squad resumed on Sunday as the Ligue 1 champions fell to a 2-1 loss at Rennes in their first away outing of the new campaign. The 27-year-old Brazil forward has been recovering from an ankle injury that has ruled him out of action since early June which ruled him out of his country’s victory at the Copa America tournament, while questions remain over his future amid strong links with former club Barcelona and their eternal rivals Real Madrid.
After seeing his side struggle for creativity at Roazhon Park, however, head coach Tuchel stood firm on his stance that PSG must keep hold of the player as he would help them this season as they hope to keep the Ligue 1 title once again: “He will not leave without recruitment, it is not possible,” Tuchel said at his post-match news conference. “It’s clear – if he stays, we will have a player who will help us win. We lacked capacity for acceleration. There were small situations where space opened but we were not decisive.”
Tuchel in an interview after the game told Canal +: “I always say the same thing, the transfer window is open even more than 10 days and you think it will be settled tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? “What I think is not important. Today my player cannot play because he has not done any training like the others. This is the situation, and nothing has changed.”
Uruguayan striker, Edinson Cavani was gifted a 36th-minute goal by Rennes following an error from Damien Da Silva, but PSG managed just one further shot on target and were made to pay by the side that also beat them in April’s Coupe de France final. Goals either side of half-time from M’Baye Niang and Romain Del Castillo handed Rennes all three points, but Tuchel downplayed the magnitude of the defeat so early in the season.
“It was a difficult match, but we expected it,” he said. “We do not have everyone available. Some players only participated in two weeks of training. These situations are normal in August. We are not at our best. Against a physical team like Rennes, who gives everything, whose players run like crazy, in a match in prime time, it’s normal that it was complicated for us.
We scored the first goal, we controlled the match and made mistakes. We had to close the match after the first goal. We were not able to do it. We conceded a goal with a two against one in the area. We got very close to the Rennes area, but we lacked tenacity to win against some offensive. In these conditions, it was difficult to create opportunities. We can lose a match like that, but we could win it too.”
Despite a run of five away defeats in six league matches stretching into last season, Tuchel insisted he does not fear the sack and called for some patience: “I’m a very happy man,” he said. “There is no one who is putting more pressure on myself than me. It’s the same for every coach.”
We can play better than today. Things are not easy – everyone has improved in Ligue 1 and the Champions League. It’s time to be patient and to keep your confidence. We cannot question everything after a bad result.”
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