{"id":80813,"date":"2023-01-23T14:03:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T13:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/psg-it-breaks-my-heart-ex-midfielder-larque-slams-messi-neymar-mbappe"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T14:49:12","slug":"psg-it-breaks-my-heart-ex-midfielder-larque-slams-messi-neymar-mbappe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/psg-it-breaks-my-heart-ex-midfielder-larque-slams-messi-neymar-mbappe","title":{"rendered":"PSG: It breaks my heart- Ex-Midfielder, Larque slams Messi, Neymar, Mbappe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Paris Saint-Germain PSG midfielder Jean-Michel Larque has criticized the club\u2019s attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar.<\/p>\n<p>He said the three attackers do not help the club in defence.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman claimed that the Parisians do not even have any hope of doing well in the Champions League due to their defensive frailty.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented that the club\u2019s hierarchy is focusing more on their superstar- attackers and doing nothing about the defence which is still in great difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Sergio] Ramos\u2019 performance crystallizes criticism, but I wouldn\u2019t want to blame all the ills, all the responsibilities of an unbalanced team on a single player,\u201d Larque said according to PSG Talk.q<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe often speak, tactically, of an unbalanced team with three attackers who do not defend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt breaks my heart to say it, we do not have at PSG a defence which gives hope of a great performance in the Champions League. 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