PSG v Angers: Dujeux reveals the only way to stop Paris | OneFootball

This Friday at 8:45 PM (broadcast on Ligue1+) Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) will face Angers (7th) at the Parc des Princes as part of the 2nd day of Ligue 1 2025-2026. In a press conference, Alexandre Dujeux, Angers' coach, spoke about this match and the Parisian opponent, with the elements to have hope for a successful coup.

Dujeux "We put different players to prepare everyone"

Do you have problems with players who may leave, do you have to prepare for Paris despite everything?

Yes, we will focus on the PSG match. It's often like that during the weeks, sometimes they are more loaded than others, there are small complications, we prepare this match with all these small question marks.

How to organize with absences?

We think about a lot of things, we look for alternatives. There are forfeited players, it can be a lot, but that's how it is and we prepare with devices in place. We put different players to prepare everyone and we will do our best in this match.

Dujeux "Paris has a lot of possession, it takes a lot of mental endurance"

Do you think you will change systems like last year against PSG?

No, we can use different systems. Against Paris, there is such mastery in front and such individual talent that sometimes an extra defender can help. But it's not just the system, it's also the intelligence we will have, collective intelligence. There is also the gift of oneself because these are complicated matches. Paris has a lot of possession, it takes a lot of mental endurance, because these matches are very tough. Holding a match without making a single mistake against this kind of team is necessarily exceptional.

What PSG do you expect?

I don't see many teams playing very high against PSG. Especially not the small ones. We will do our best, we will try to use the ball, we will try to improve everything we can improve. Last year, we had opportunities to play and we didn't always play well, we didn't always have the right inspiration for the last gesture. Because we really had situations. We didn't have the necessary accuracy.

Dujeux "there will be a full stadium and they will have the right attitude with the desire to have a good game"

Against Nantes, did you detect that they were not at their best or did you see that it was already complicated?

It's always complicated against PSG. I think that today, they don't have the form they will have in March because they are focused on those dates. Despite everything, they will present the European trophies, there will be a full stadium and they will have the right attitude with the desire to have a good game. Not being at 100% is completely logical because they had such a long season. But they have such a squad that hasn't changed much, there are many automatisms and necessarily it remains a hyper-difficult match. For us, the only way to bring something back is to make an exploit.

Didn't it reassure you against Nantes?

They played at their own pace against Nantes. Nantes had a few opportunities. We have to try to inspire ourselves from that.

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