Nantes v PSG: Is this the best time to face Paris? Coquelin responds

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·16 de agosto de 2025

Nantes v PSG: Is this the best time to face Paris? Coquelin responds

This Sunday at 20:45 (broadcast on Ligue1+) Paris Saint-Germain faces Nantes at the Stade de la Beaujoire as part of the 1st day of Ligue 1 2025-2026. In a press conference, Francis Coquelin, Nantes' 34-year-old midfielder, expressed himself on the idea of a possible good time to face Paris, given their shortened preparation due to the Club World Cup.

Coquelin "in five minutes they are capable of making the difference."

"It's never easy to take on PSG, we saw that against Tottenham in the European Super Cup (2-2, 4-3 on penalties, Wednesday), they were losing 2-0, we thought it was over, and in five minutes they were capable of making the difference. We saw that their substitutes are present, they have created a mentality, a state of mind that shows that they are perhaps the best team in the world.

Coquelin "we're not going to play the victims."

"So I don't think there's a better time to play them. But we're going to try to fight with our weapons, we're not going to play the victims, we're going to go out there to play a very good game and try to bring back some points.", words relayed by L'Equipe.

Of course, we must avoid being tempted by a possible ease. PSG will not be at its best, the trap would be to think that it's possible to enter the field more quietly. The Parisians always form a beautiful collective and they have shown a few days ago that the complete group is formidable.

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Coquelin is perhaps going a bit too far, because it's probably "easier" to play the Paris of this Sunday than the one that will be running at full speed. Except that Nantes won't be at its best either, notably because there's a reconstruction in progress. It's not about complaining or giving up, as the Nantes midfielder emphasizes. There's no choice, we'll have to give everything to have the best possible chances of taking at least 1 point.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.