He has better numbers than Mbappé; the reason why Galtier replaces Neymar

Despite the fact that Neymar is at a great level playing for PSG, and that he even has more goals in the current season than Kylian Mbappé, the coach of the leading Ligue 1 team, Christophe Galtier, decided to change him in the last game.

The brazilian scored in the 37th minute against Toulouse, which meant opening the scoring in favor of the parisian team in the first half, however, the strategist did not think twice to allow Ekitike to enter the field of play instead.

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This type of movement, frequent in the last days played by PSG in the French League, generate discomfort even in players like Mbapeé, the star of the team, who does not understand how it is that Ney is replaced precisely when the attack is more consolidated with the two of them and also with Messi.

And, although before the start of the season the world champion asked for the departure of the striker from the Brazilian National Team from the club, Neymar good performance in the present has made him change his mind.

But why is Neymar replaced by Galtier?

The truth is that Galtier himself has revealed at a press conference that there is no mystery in the decision to remove Neymar from the game during the final minutes. He revealed that Ney deserves to be cheered by the public, because it is also something that generates a good mood in the player, so he takes it out "so that people recognize it".