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Qualification and nothing else. This is the sad but factual first assessment that Paris Saint-Germain can draw this Tuesday evening. Tilled on the lawn of Villa Park (2-3) after the convincing victory of the first leg at the Parc des Princes (3-1), the men of Luis Enrique will still see the last square of the Champions League. However, after the meeting, the smiles were not totally present on the Ile -de -France faces. In the wake of an Ousmane Dembélé, annoyed at the final whistle, the Red and Blue unanimously expressed their disappointment after an evening when the worst was finally avoided.
Dembélé's rant
«You have to be demanding in these matches, we made the task very difficult in the 2nd period when we relaxed. We thought we qualified, we thought we were too beautiful. At 2-1, we thought it was over, but the Champions League is like that. You can play against teams in front of their audience with a hot audience who overthrows the match, we will have to be more vigilant», We first railed Ousmane Dembélé at the microphone of Canal + Before finishing on a positive note: “We have the qualification, we are happy, for that now you will have to get back to work to win this trophy. Once again, PSG goes to the semi-finals, it's good for the club and the championship and we will do the max to go to the final».
Asked a few minutes later on the performance of his men – who led 2 goals to 0 after 27 minutes of play – Luis Enrique also pointed out the relaxation of his troops, finally beaten 3 goals to 2. “There are things that will make us progress like never being in excess of confidence. A football match changes at all times.Back in the Paris eleven after its purged suspension, Marquinhos, author of a contrasting service, also delivered a timid analysis. That of a qualified and necessarily happy PSG but also of a club passed very close to a fatal scenario without a great Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The locker room savor but …
“I have known difficult times, you have to savor this one, even in difficulties. You had to be able to defend well. We wanted to make a full match, especially after the score of the first leg. We had a drop in intensity to 2-0. It's up to us to correct it and it is expensive in the Champions League. This team grows and shows its values but there are always things to improve. We have seen that the champion teams still have kee rescues. Ours shows that he is there, again after Liverpool. It takes and shows its value in order, shows its potential. You always need a big goalkeeper to win and that's what he does ”. Own similar to those held by Vitinha, guilty of mediocre performance in the midfield.
“We knew that qualification was the most important and that it is not easy. We started well but we got in trouble. We faced a team that had nothing to lose and we dropped. We released ourselves in the second period. It's a bit unconscious. When you do it in the Champions League, you pay it. We managed to keep the qualification. You try to do things you can't do. Afterwards, they start to believe it. We must underline our way of going forward and holding until the end ”noted the Portuguese midfielder. Passing through the mixed zone, Achraf Hakimi, the first evening scorer, was also sure to push a big rant.
A vital recall bite?
“I agree with Ousmane it is not possible to start the second half with two goals like that, a team that wants to win the Champions League cannot do that, we must take our responsibilities, we must improve that we will talk about this after”notably regretted the Moroccan side, adding also: “We were not afraid we knew we were going to suffer and we suffered because of us but we are happy to have preserved the qualification. We came with the intention of qualifying and we did but we have to improve certain things and give continuity to what we do well ”. Measured reactions finally symbolizing the painful evening experienced by Parisians on the side of Birmingham.
Arrived last winter in the French capital, Khvicha KVaratskhelia, credited with a 3 by the FM editorial staff and too little impactful throughout the game, finally stressed the lack of consistency of the French champions: “It was a difficult second half, they made us the task complicated. The difficulties encountered? It's hard to explain now. We have to see the match again and analyze »concluded the 24 -year -old Georgian. Passed very close to a terrible disappointment, Paris Saint-Germain is regardless of such a performance cannot be reproduced in the next round, whether against Arsenal or facing Real Madrid. At Villa Park, it was ultimately a nice recall bite before continuing the dream of a whole club: winning the Champions League for the first time in its history.
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