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Match: For Pierre Sage, PSG was a “high quality opponent”

After PSG’s victory against OL on Sunday evening at the Parc des Princes (3-1) thanks to goals from Dembélé, Vitinha from the penalty spot and Ramos, coach Pierre Sage presented himself at a press conference and did not hesitate to discuss the shortcomings of his team, ultimately linked to the good performance in .

Luis Enrique’s players started this Ligue 1 shock very strong and quickly led the score (8th) and doubled the lead (14th). “The collective idea that should have driven us was not applied defensively during the first quarter of an hour”confided Gones technician Pierre Sage after the match. “In my opinion, this is a mistake”he then conceded.

However, Pierre Sage did not hesitate to highlight the Parisian performance to explain his team’s defeat. “Facing a team of this quality, we make mistakes and we pay for them (…) I am also quite aware of the game our opponents played to prevent us from coming back,” he explained.

“We were facing a high quality opponent”

According to him, the difference between PSG and his team was far too great to hope for a result this Sunday evening. Asked about a possible lack of ambition to return to the score in the second half (2-1 at the break), Pierre Sage preferred to mention “ simply a problem of balance of power ».

“We were facing a high quality opponent. We should have had a better match to compete,” he concluded, lucidly. As a reminder, PSG ended OL’s series of nine matches without defeat in all competitions.

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