^*^ Pressure builds on PSG players, coach and director despite late win over Lille

A 95th-minute goal from Lionel Messi helped PSG dodge a fourth straight defeat but all is not well at the club

By Adam White for Get French Football News

When PSG were trailing Lille 3-2 with 15 minutes to play, coach Christophe Galtier was joined on the touchline at the Parc des Princes. Famed sporting director Luis Campos, who engineered Lille and Monaco’s recent title-winning squads, left his usual seat in the stands to bark orders and complain about decisions. Although known to be fiercely opinionated, Campos’ ire spilling over in such a public fashion is unprecedented. After three consecutive defeats in three competitions last week, pressure is growing on Galtier. Campos, it seems, feels it too.

Lionel Messi’s injury-time free-kick eventually won the game for PSG 4-3 but it did little to mask the team’s continued disjointed form, which has come at the worst possible time for Galtier. It had been a tough week, with PSG knocked out of the Coupe de France by Marseille, beaten 3-1 by Monaco in the league, and then – with Kylian Mbappé only fit for the bench – defeated 1-0 in Paris by Bayern Munich to put them on the brink of Champions League elimination.

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