On March 6, 2019, PSG supporters experienced a second comeback that they did not see coming after that at Camp Nou on March 8, 2017 against FC Barcelona (6-1). Manchester United surprised Paris Saint-Germain by eliminating Thomas Tuchel's men. Gianluigi Buffon, however, was not shocked by this failure given the lack of preparation he had noted.
Kylian Mbappé was coming off a global success in Russia in July 2018 withthe French team. In winter 2019, with the reception of Manchester United on March 6, Paris Saint–Germain lost his 2-goal lead acquired in the 1/8th finals going to Old Trafford (2-0). Quickly, due to a disagreement between Thilo Kehrer et Gianluigi Buffonthe PSG conceded a first goal in the 2nd minute scored by Romelu Lukaku which also doubled the stakes after half an hour of play.
Mbappé not mature enough, PSG not prepared according to Buffon
The penalty converted in added time by Marcus Rashford allowed to Manchester United to win with a score of three goals to one and validate his ticket for the quarter-finals of the Champions League facing the FC Barcelona. Holder for the purposes of PSG that evening and author of an error on the second goal of Lukaku, Gianluigi Buffon returned to this bad memory with truncated preparation in his eyes.
“We had not prepared well for the return”
“I understood that we were poorly preparing for the return after the first leg victory. But I didn't say it: I was the last to arrive, maybe I still had a provincial mentality, Mbappé had barely won the World Cup… We took an entry goal for a defensive error, the second is also my fault for an inaccuracy, then the third. We were eliminated. We had not prepared well for the return.” confided Gianluigi Buffon in an interview for the Corriere della Sera.
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