Angel Di Maria, author of a double with PSG on Tuesday in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France against Dijon (3-0), was praised by his coach Thomas Tuchel.
It’s silky, deliciously slipped over the guard and under the bar. Angel Di Maria perfectly launched the PSG towards the qualification for the semi-finals of the Coupe de France brilliantly lobing the Dijon Alex Rúnarsson from the 8th minute. A class action of the Argentine, who will then break twenty minutes later (28th), and a new performance of high quality on his part.
In the absence of Kylian Mbappé, left at rest on the bench, Edinson Cavani and Neymar, he obviously held his rank. And now has 13 goals and 12 assists in 35 games with PSG this season. Thomas Tuchel is delighted.
“He won the Champions League with Real,” said the German, “He was decisive against Atlético in the final, I was a big fan of his mentality, his quality, now he’s my player. As I have said many times, it is a gift, it shows his quality, his mentality every day, he is very reliable, he has a good state of mind, he plays to win, to score. important for us because he has quality to finish our attacks, to score, he feels good, he has a lot of confidence.He scored a lot of goals.It was good for Angel to rest in the last match (against Nîmes , ed.). ”
“We lack players to finish”
This “Fideo” scorer is exactly what Thomas Tuchel wants. Because for the German, in the current state of the troops, it is more useful to the finish than to the creation.
“It’s very dangerous to finish the attacks,” said the PSG coach, “we lack players to finish, Edi (Cavani), Ney (Neymar), and Kylian (Mbappé) today, are not here.” is better than Julian (Draxler), Marco (Verratti), Leo (Paredes) make the passes and Angel finishes, he is very intelligent with his races in the last row. ” The Dijonnais, pierced twice, can testify.