PSG star and French national Kylian Mbappe posted a controversial Instagram story after his side’s 0-0 draw against Reims in Ligue 1, know the meaning of pivot gang
Paris Saint-Germain failed to win their second Ligue 1 game after their away match against Reims ended with a tie.
Pivot Gang Meaning After Kylian Mbappe Uploads Instagram Story With Hashtag To Lash Out At PSG Manager Christophe Galtier
Major controversy in France tonight over Kylian Mbappé’s now deleted Instagram story with the hashtag “pivot gang” following PSG’s 0-0 draw with Reims.
Mbappé recently explained his preference for playing alongside a target man, like Giroud, rather than being the centre forward. pic.twitter.com/ivqk4uwiwt
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Kylian Mbappe's instagram story after the 0-0 draw vs Stade de Reims, captioned with "pivot gang" hinting at how he is not happy playing in his current position.
Story was deleted shortly after. pic.twitter.com/sx5lSvlkxg— Football Centre (@FTCentre) October 10, 2022
🚨 Lionel Messi will not play for PSG vs. Reims. Discomfort in his calf but test results are reassuring. 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/wEKMaqPVe2
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) October 7, 2022
Reims are a side currently sitting at 14th place in the league table, making the result more unacceptable for PSG.
An Unfortunate Series Of Events For PSG
Despite the statements about PSG failing to win against a much weaker opponent, in reality, they were lucky enough to even salvage a point.
Reims had a total of 24 shots against Christophe Galtier’s side, but failed to score past Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Moreover, PSG hopes of winning were further trampled when the referee sent off Sergio Ramos with a straight red card. The referee sent Ramos off for something he said to him during his protests in the 41st minute.
Also, Lionel Messi did not feature in the match after going through an injury. Neymar, on the other hand was watching on the sidelines until the 57th minute.
With the absence of the two legends, Mbappe started upfront by himself with Carlos Solder and Pablo Sarabia behind him. A role that Mbappe particularly dislikes.
As such, all of these unfortunate series of events made it even more difficult for PSG to win.
Kylian Mbappe’s ‘Controversial’ Instagram Post
Apparently, starting up alone upfront was the reason behind the ‘controversial’ Instagram story that Mbappe posted after the match.
In the Instagram story, Mbappe used the hashtag “pivot gang”. According to various sources, it was a dig at Galtier because he doesn’t like playing upfront by himself.
Galtier’s Post Match Comments
Mbappe may have been also more annoyed with Galtier’s post match comments. Galtier claimed that the Frenchman was a bit like an ‘orphan’ without Messi or Neymar.
Galtier stated:
When Messi or ‘Ney’ don’t start obviously that changes the way we play and can lead to us maybe losing balls that lead to a few jitters and hand confidence to the opposition.
Kylian Mbappé was a bit like an orphan without Leo and Ney, as I suspected. I thought that might change as the game went on. Ney didn’t start the match because he has played a lot recently. Obviously, when he came on we saw how good a relationship they have and that is why our second-half performance was better despite us being down to 10 men.
Kylian Mbappe And PSG
Just recently during the summer transfer window, Mbappe signed a new contract with PSG that gave him ridiculous wages. Along with this, he got a say in how the club runs.
However, it seems Mbappe didn’t get much of a say in which role he plays during PSG’s trip to Reims.