Christophe Galtier, coach of Paris Saint-Germain, stressed that it should not be excessive to talk about the lack of Brazilian Neymar from the beginning, during the victory over Nantes (3-0) in the French League.
Neymar offers outstanding levels this season, as he scored 7 goals in 5 matches, before the confrontation against Nantes.
Neymar participated at the expense of Kylian Mbappe in the second half of the Nantes match, where his Saint-Germain team scored 24 goals in the first 6 rounds of the season.
Thus, Saint-Germain equals the record for the number of goals scored during the first 5 rounds of the season in the five major European leagues, which was registered in the name of Bayern Munich when he scored 24 goals in the first 6 matches of the 2020-2021 season.
Galtier refused to talk about excluding Neymar, stressing that his sitting on the bench comes within the team’s regular rotation policy. “It is said that this is something new, but it is a commitment in terms of the busy calendar of matches for everyone,”
Galtier told Canal Plus television.
“We play a lot, every 3 days, every 4 days, everyone understands that it is not possible to participate in all the minutes of the matches,” he added.
“I spoke about it twice, the first time with every player, and the second time with the whole group, to tell them that it’s good that things are going like this, that they have to be in the right position, that they appreciate the participation of their teammates.”
