PSG : Luis Enrique doit-il faire tourner face au Slovan Bratislava po…

Le Paris Saint-Germain s’apprête à faire son entrée en Ligue des champions avec une question en tête : faut-il aligner les cadres ou profiter de la réception du Slovan Bratislava pour faire souffler certains titulaires ? Après un début de saison compliqué en Ligue 1, Luis Enrique doit désormais trouver le bon équilibre entre ambition européenne et gestion de son effectif. rouesnews.click

Avec seulement deux points pris lors des trois premières journées de championnat, le PSG n’a pas démarré la saison comme prévu. La défaite concédée à Monaco (1-2) vendredi a notamment accentué les interrogations autour du rendement de l’équipe. Dans ce contexte, la rencontre face au club slovaque apparaît comme une occasion de relancer la machine, mais aussi de préserver certains joueurs.

Luis Enrique face au dilemme de la rotation

Le technicien espagnol n’est toutefois pas réputé pour bouleverser son onze lors des grands rendez-vous européens. La saison dernière, pour son entrée en Ligue des champions face à l’Atalanta Bergame, il avait reconduit une équipe très proche de celle qui avait débuté la finale remportée contre l’Inter Milan quelques mois plus tôt.

Cette fois, le contexte est différent. Le PSG doit rapidement retrouver de la confiance en championnat et devra également enchaîner les rencontres dans les prochaines semaines. Une rotation mesurée pourrait donc permettre à Luis Enrique de maintenir ses cadres sous pression tout en donnant du temps de jeu à des joueurs moins utilisés.

Le Slovan Bratislava, l’occasion idéale ?

Sur le papier, le Slovan Bratislava semble être un adversaire à la portée du PSG. Cette situation pourrait encourager Luis Enrique à faire quelques changements, sans pour autant sacrifier l’équilibre de son équipe.

L’entraîneur parisien pourrait ainsi conserver une ossature expérimentée tout en faisant souffler certains titulaires. L’objectif serait double : éviter une dépense physique inutile et permettre à plusieurs joueurs de gagner du rythme.

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Mais une entrée en Ligue des champions ne laisse que peu de place à la déconcentration. Même face à un adversaire considéré comme inférieur, le PSG devra afficher sérieux et efficacité pour éviter toute mauvaise surprise.

Après son début de saison poussif en Ligue 1, Luis Enrique se retrouve donc face à un choix stratégique. Faire tourner pour préserver ses cadres ou aligner son équipe type pour lancer immédiatement la campagne européenne : le dilemme est posé.

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Au Sénégal, c’est une démonstration de charité qui est rattrapée par la controverse. Le 5 septembre, le chef de l’État, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a annoncé un don de 500 millions de francs CFA d’une fondation dirigée par l’une de ses épouses pour l’acquisition de 200 000 billets d’entrée aux Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse à destination des écoles. S’en est suivie une véritable polémique sur les réseaux sociaux portant sur l’origine de cet argent.

Stephen Donald applauded the physicality and try-scoring prowess of Springbok juggernaut Malcolm Marx in the third Test of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series.

The former All Blacks flyhalf was speaking to Kiwi sportscaster Kirstie Stanway on The Aftermatch with Kirst & Beav podcast, prompted by Ardie Savea’s brace at FNB Stadium on Saturday – a haul that moved him top of the forwards’ all-time Test try-scoring list (35).

“I wanted to talk about a couple of other people on that list,” Stanway said. “Richie McCaw, 27 tries. Malcolm Marx also sits on that 27-try mark, and the great Kieran Read, 26.

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“It’s a pretty illustrious list when you look at those guys. Not bad company.”

Donald shifted the spotlight to Marx, whose second-half maul try had helped push the Boks to a 29-24 win and 2-1 series lead heading into this week’s Baltimore clash.

“It’s a wonderful list and I was going to ask you where Marx was. He’s often at the back of the all-powerful mauls from the Boks too. He was phenomenal.”

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Stanway agreed but reckoned the Bok hooker’s influence went beyond the try itself.

“It wasn’t just what he was doing around the field. It’s the swagger that Malcolm Marx has got about him.

“You love a Henry Pollock character but he [Marx] doesn’t seem arrogant or anything like that … just to give a salute, the two taps on the ground. He was up for that Test, Beav.”

Donald picked up on the needle built up over the last three Tests, before turning to Marx’s role at the breakdown.

“There’s plenty of spice there at the moment … your memory doesn’t exactly allow you to forget what happened six days earlier or some of the contests that you’ve had with each other.

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“When he gets over the ball, you’re just waiting for the arm to go out from the referee … You’re not going to shift him if you’re not there early. Once he gets locked on the ball, it’s all over.”

Stanway also needed no convincing of South Africa’s set-piece superiority. “We’ve got to give them their flowers,” she noted.

“They are a super impressive outfit and whether you like scrums or not, scrums have been talked about heavily over the last three weeks.

“And when the Boks do it and demolish someone, it’s so impressive.”

A half-joking Donald added: “I like watching it – if it just doesn’t happen to be against guys wearing black jerseys.”

Photo: Floris van Schouwenburg/Gallo Images

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Siya Kolisi stood tallest at the FNB Stadium in Soweto on Saturday night in captaining the Springboks to a record 55^th Test win.

Kolisi started and played close to an hour in emptying the tank and ensuring that all the momentum was with the Boks in the final quarter.

Siya Kolisi

Kolisi is a great player and an equally great captain. He is comfortably the most influential player to ever lead the Springboks.

This Test was huge in so many ways.

South Africa originally were awarded the 2023 World Cup hosting rights World Rugby’s Independent panel. Despite the endorsement World Rugby’s elected officials declared France the winner.

The Boks went onto win the 2023 World Cup final at the Stade de France in Paris 12-11. They beat their mighty foe, the All Blacks.

The FNB Stadium is where the 2023 World Cup would have been played.

South Africans finally got their final, three years after the fact, against their greatest rival in the most decisive third Test in the four Test series.

They won comfortably, thanks to a third quarter surge and final quarter control and composure, in front of 85 500.

It was the first time in three attempts that the Boks had beaten the All Blacks at the FNB Stadium. It was also just the third win in 11 matches against the All Blacks at altitude.

The Boks lost 33-16 at Ellis Park three weeks ago, but as the series progressed they grew stronger and were easily the best team at the finish on Saturday night.

Kolisi was pivotal to so much of the Boks’ comeback to level the series in Cape Town with a 33-26 win, and win 29-24 at the FNB Stadium.

His continued value to the Boks simply cannot be overstated.

Big names stood up for the Boks in Cape Town and at the FNB Stadium.

Eben Etzebeth, Kolisi, Malcolm Marx and Pieter-Steph du Toit. They are the OGs in the forwards: winners of two World Cups, a British & Irish Lions series and back-to-back Rugby Championships.

When the Boks needed their most experienced forward leaders to make the most on-field noise this quartet produced the highest quality of rugby music. This was no symphony but pure hard rock in a way that only the Springboks can produce.

In the backs the midfield pairing of Damian de Allende and Jesse Kriel were marvellous, in Cape Town and at the FNB Stadium. Cheslin Kolbe was worth gold in Cape Town.

The All Blacks are a different entity to that which lost successive Tests in South Africa in 2024 and got blown away 43-10 in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2025.

The new coach Dave Rennie is moulding a potent line-up that will be South Africa’s closest challenger for the 2027 World Cup in Australia.

The All Blacks were very good at Ellis Park, a threat in Cape Town and competitive for 50 minutes at the FNB Stadium.

They tested the Boks’ resolve, and it took two very important and powerful performances in Cape Town and on Saturday night for the Boks to overturn a one-nil series deficit into a 2-1 lead with one to play.

These Boks know how to win the most important matches, and this one was the most important in South Africa since the third and final Test against the British and Irish Lions in Cape Town in 2021.

It required the OGs to be as present and influential as they were at the 2023 World Cup. It also demanded that the next generation come of age in this series.

We saw that with Ethan Hooker, Jasper Wiese and the maturity of Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu in Cape Town and in the third Test win.

The Boks have beaten the All Blacks in seven of the last nine Tests, which is unprecedented in the history of this great rivalry that stretches back to 1921 and totals 113 Tests.

Saturday night was another memorable one for veteran utility forward Deon Fourie. He finished the final 13 minutes and beat the All Blacks for the third successive time.

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