Dominant but not realistic enough, PSG was crucified in the last seconds by Atlético de Madrid, this Wednesday on the occasion of the 4th day of the Champions League (1-2). After the match, Luis Enrique said he was stunned by so much bad luck.
The European evenings follow one another and are similar for PSG. Beaten by Arsenal (2-0) then held in check by PSV Eindhoven (1-1) during the two previous days of the Champions League, the capital club lost at the end of the suspense this Wednesday against Atlético de Madrid (1-2).
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At the Parc des Princes, Paris pushed until the end to snatch victory. But Ousmane Dembélé's teammates were finally crucified after added time on a goal from Angel Correa, at the conclusion of a lightning counterattack (90+3rd). Enough to leave immense regrets for the Parisians, who shot 22 times on goal, compared to 4 times for the Madrilenians.
Luis Enrique: “I have more than 30 years in football and I can't explain that”
“There are no words”, railed Luis Enrique at the microphone of Canal+ after the meeting. “I believe that in our three home matches (Girona, PSV and Atlético, Editor’s note), we were infinitely superior to our opponents, but we were not lucky.”
“Tomorrow, we're going to get up and we're going to continue. There are four matches left. As long as we have matches, we're going to fight until the end. But it's difficult to explain that. I'm over 30 years in football and I can't explain it. It's bad luck. We were infinitely superior to our opponent.
After four days, the Parisians are 25th in the Champions League ranking and virtually eliminated. In this new format of the C1you must be in the top 8 to be directly qualified for the round of 16 and between 9th and 24th place to be in the play-offs. PSG's next meeting in the Champions League is a shock on the pitch. Bayern Munichon November 26. A rather hostile terrain when it comes to playing the rest of its European season.
