PSG is completely focused on the Champions League final against Arsenal, and is already preparing its goalkeepers for the Gunners' very borderline tactics on corners.
There is certainly the title match at Lens on Wednesday. But at PSG, eyes are already turned toward the Champions League. After another impressive run against Chelsea, Liverpool, and Bayern Munich, PSG will face Arsenal in the final at the end of May.
An opportunity to once again get the better of a Premier League team. Last season, it was very difficult for the Parisians, and this year, Arsenal fully assumes its strategy of relying on long throws and corners to win. Even if it means being on the edge of regularity regarding contact in the box.
A situation that PSG can fear. Matvey Safonov is clearly not a specialist in aerial exits, and it is even his big weakness. A bit like a certain Gianluigi Donnarumma… The Gunners love screens and grappling in the box, and PSG is ready.
On Tuesday, during training, Safonov and the club's other goalkeepers focused on defensive set pieces, jostled by teammates while catching balls in their zones. This is what RMC Sport explains.
A training session clearly targeted to get out of the complicated situations that defensive corners represent, where Arsenal players are almost more concerned with the opposing goalkeeper than with the ball.
This has also been controversial in England, where West Ham had a crucial goal denied against the Gunners after they had already used the same tactic. The referee of the match will therefore have to follow this always-complicated case closely during the final, as the London team relies heavily on set pieces to win tight matches.
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