The German camp had difficulty digesting the penalty awarded to PSG at the start of the second half and the origin of the first Parisian goal.
PSG did not tremble. Despite good resistance from Borussia Dortmund in the first period, the French champions won 2-0 after a well-controlled match. Luis Enrique’s men nevertheless had to wait for a penalty to open the scoring. A penalty awarded following a handball from Niklas Süle as the former Bavarian was preparing to throw himself on the ground. Enough to provoke the anger of the German camp.
“On the pitch, I immediately saw that Niki (Süle) had touched the ball with his hand. But he falls on his hand and has to use it to lean on it, Mats Hummels explained to the press. I told the referee several times. I told him: Please get off the field and watch the action. He did not do it. He gave it. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about it. » And the story was the same in the mouth of his trainer, Edin Terzic. “Marquinhos also took the ball on his arm,” he observed. With the hand, it’s always complicated, there is no rule too clear. PSG will say that it was hand and we that it is not the case. »
Nevertheless, the Marsupials recognized the superiority of the French champions. “ They had a great match, it was a very united PSG. We perhaps respected them too much in the first half, because you need courage against a team like that. We didn’t have enough confidence, we lost a lot of energy. Afterwards, we got off to a bad start in the second half. Yes, we had 2 or 3 opportunities to score, but we didn’t deserve to win, thus entrusted the German technician to the microphone of RMC Sport. PSG is a great team with great players. They are favorites in this group. We need to learn from this match. Of course, we didn’t give that many chances, but it’s the Champions League. »
