PSG slip-ups give glimmer of hope to Ligue 1 rivals

: Could there actually be a title race in France this season? That is the question being asked after Paris Saint-Germain slumped to a second defeat of 2023 on Sunday to give hope to their rivals at the halfway stage of the campaign.

With Messi still taking a post-World Cup break, PSG were blown away in an intimidating atmosphere in France’s far north and lost that game 3-1. But it is the manner in which PSG have been beaten that is a cause for concern for coach Christophe Galtier. “If it is a question of time then it is urgent. We can find a thousand excuses, our players were scattered all over the place for weeks. But the World Cup is finished now,“ Galtier said after Sunday’s game.

That was just the third season since the Qatari takeover of 2011 in which they have not finished as champions.Halfway through this campaign, PSG are three points clear of Lens and five ahead of Marseille, who they still have to play away from home. The club has a modest budget and they were forced to sell several key players in the last close season, but they are a shining example for other mid-ranking French sides of what can be achieved.

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