A big match like PSG has played a dozen already this season. This Saturday, Paris Saint-Germain challenged Bayern Munich to obtain a place in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup. Faced with catchy Bavarians, Parisians had several difficulties in managing in this meeting. After a relentless first period, PSG found the fault in the 78th minute thanks to Désiré Doué. However, four minutes later, Luis Enrique's flocks were reduced to 10 with a logical exclusion from Willian Pacho. 8 minutes later, it was the turn of the entrant Lucas Hernandez to be expelled for a stupid stroke on Raphaël Guerreiro.
Completing the meeting at 9, the Parisians had the panache to go and register a second goal at the very end of the match on a sublime action initiated by Achraf Hakimi. A steel mind which therefore allowed Parisians to seek a deserved qualification. After the meeting, this brilliant qualification aroused unanimous internal pride. Questioned at the microphone of DaznAchraf Hakimi did not hide his joy after this crazy success: “We are very proud and also very happy with the efforts made by the team. It was a big team opposite. We did what we had to do to win. It was one of the big teams of the tournament, they play a bit like us. We made efforts, we made a good match.»»
Marquinhos and Luis Enrique are proud of their team
A steel mind that feasted supporters on social networks. Acclaimed by supporters for its opening of the score, desired gifted “It was important for us to win this match, it was complicated to beat Bayern Munich so we are very happy. It's important for me to help the team, I hadn't scored in the last games. I try to best bring by goals, efforts, races, passes, dribbles. I helped the team today so I'm happy. My positioning? The coach makes his choices, it is he who decided, I can play everywhere. When I'm on the ground, I'm very happy, my goal is to win the team. ” A mentality instilled by Luis Enrique, euphoric after the meeting: “It was a match against a big opponent who complicated our lives. We were in the match and we are happy with the result. The boxes? I can't say anything, but a strange feeling. On Pacho, it is clear that there is a red card for the second, I am not sure, it was difficult in any case. ”
A change of mentality advocated since the arrival of Luis Enrique and which is materialized by the resilience of Marquinhos. Captain adored by Parisian supporters, the Brazilian revealed behind the scenes of this warrior mentality which makes almost the PSG unbeatable: “This is an important moment for us. A difficult match that we absolutely wanted to win. We had things to settle with Bayern Munich. The 2020 final, I still have it across the throat. The last match against them, we had lost against them. It is good to show that we can win against them. It is a competition that is close to our hearts and in which we want to go to the end. The red boxes are errors that must be corrected. These are details that weigh enormously with one and two players outside. It changes a lot. Despite the reds, we thought we were going to defend to the end and I was sure that we were going to win the match. Even at 10, 9, we continued to play and we even managed to score a second goal. This is our mentality. Our coach has worked a lot on that. That's why our team is ready for anything. We are ready to suffer even in numerical inferiority, we play with our weapons to hurt the opponents. This is why we are like that now.»»
