Very disappointed with the result of the match despite the good face shown by his players against a long-ineffective Paris Saint-Germain, the Monegasque technician spoke after the defeat in the Champions Trophy (1-0).
An infuriating goal in the final seconds. Heroic throughout the match, like Philipp Köhn who made nine saves on his line, the AS Monaco players were forced to lose at the end of the suspense against Paris Saint-Germain in the Trophy Champions (1-0). A cruel defeat, which Adi Hütter tried to analyze after the match. Excerpts ????️
Good evening coach. You resisted for a long time. Is this defeat all the more frustrating?
When you lose a match in the last minutes, the overwhelming feeling is always disappointment. This is what I feel, despite everything when we look at the entire match, Paris Saint-Germain deserves this victory. Although I'm happy with what we did tonight, because we fought until the end to hold on to the penalty shootout.
We have to be honest, Paris had a lot more chances than us. But we had a game plan that the team tried to stick to, so I want to commend them for that. You can imagine that every player was sad in the locker room after losing in the last moments, because it was a big blow to the back of the neck.
Adi HütterOn the scenario
We had some opportunities, but we also conceded a lot to PSG, especially on set pieces where we were not well organized. I want to congratulate PSG on their title, although we are obviously very disappointed by the defeat.
What did he miss today to hope for better?
We have to be honest, Paris had a lot more chances than us. But we had a game plan that the team tried to stick to, so I want to commend them for that. You can imagine that every player was sad in the locker room after losing in the last moments, because it was a big hit to the back of the neck. We must now raise our heads and think about the next match against Nantes. In any case, I think that this evening the spectators saw a very good match.
What didn't work in the first half?
We must first admit that Paris Saint-Germain has very high quality players. My team was actually too passive in the first act, we didn't do enough when we lost the ball. Especially after set pieces, we weren't aggressive enough.
In the second half it was better, we had opportunities to score even hitting the post by Vanderson. So it's a big disappointment to lose this match in the final seconds.
A final word on Philipp Köhn’s performance?
I obviously want to congratulate him, because he had a fantastic match tonight with incredible saves (9 in total, editor's note) which kept us in the game for a long time. We are therefore all the more disappointed for him to lose this meeting.
