After suffering a very bitter defeat against Atlético de Madrid in the Champions League, PSG will have to seek qualification in the four remaining matches.
The PSG had no room for error this Wednesday to be able to be in the right car for the qualifying places in this new edition of Champions League. But this defeat on the gong against l'Atlético de Madrid
places the Parisian club in a very uncomfortable position. Now the last four remaining matches (Bayern Munich, RB Salzburg, Manchester
City et Stuttgart) will be of capital importance to return among the qualified. Despite this cruel setback,
Luis Enrique continues to remain hopeful, as he explained in the post-match press conference.
How can we explain this inefficiency?
“I would have to watch it again to analyze it in depth. It's inexplicable what happened to us during the three matches. This is inexplicable and unfair. These are the words that best define the situation. »
Will he change his playing philosophy following the disappointing results in C1?
“To tell the truth, the person responsible for creating 50 chances is the team and the person responsible for all that is the coach. I'm the one responsible for all this. I will make sure that the team continues to create chances. It's difficult to explain this three-game series in Champions League at home. This sounds like a bad joke. I feel very bad. You will have to analyze with a cool head. Until the end, the last minute, we will try. It was almost funny today in quotes. We need 20 chances to score while the opponent sneezes and scores. »
A real attacker, the solution to all problems?
“Bring me the attacker if you have it!” Where do I get this attacker from? I stay true to my ideas. The day I fail in Football, it will be with my ideas, not with those of journalists or another coach. It’s an incredible and unique series. Football rewards goals, not scoring chances. The aim of Madrid is a joke in bad taste. It's a goal where the opponent did nothing. The faith in my players and my team is unshakeable. This defeat puts us in a very complicated situation. We will try to qualify. Otherwise, the measures that need to be taken will be taken. I don't work in football with fear. The players do what I ask them. No one surrenders their arms
Princes Park but I'm not sure that we will qualify given our ranking. »
The explanation of the entry into play of Kolo Muani
“The match situation. L'Atlético
was grouped behind. They maintained 5 defenders until the end. Unfortunately, Randal failed to score. I liked his attitude. He's a top player, I have no doubt about that. »
What he said to his players after the match
“I never speak with the players at the very end. There is nothing more to do. Whatever we say, it's too late, we can't change anything. We must lower the level of negative energy. But the next day, we get back to it. This is a completely unfair result. Football is unfair, life is unfair. Today is clearly a crap night. Tomorrow we will see what we can improve. We are going to prepare the last four matches as four finals, because they are four finals. »
What are the risks of non-qualification?
“If the dynamic stays the same… I don’t know. This competition started in a strange way with an abnormal draw for a team in pot 1. We should have won our three home games and won them easily. This is going to be very difficult. There are four finals left. We still have four games to change the situation. Life can change in 16 seconds. There is nothing tragic. »
