There was no photo. This Tuesday evening, Paris Saint-Germain crushed Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League in its home, the BayArena, (2-7) during a very lively meeting. As well offensively, including a double from Désiré Doué, the double post from Kvaratskhelia or the winning return from Ousmane Dembélé, scorer three minutes after coming into play in the 63rd.
Only defensively. This is evidenced by this double penalty awarded by Mr. Gil Manzano against the Parisians in the 38th minute (red card for Zabarnyi then penalty goal from Aleix Garcia), only four minutes after the exclusion of Robert Andrich, the German captain.
Ten against ten for almost an hour, the 2024 German champions experienced a lot of difficulty simply existing in the match. “Qhen we make mistakes, it's normal to be punished. It's disappointing. We know that Paris Saint-Germain is one of the best teams in the world, we knew it would be difficult,” recognized central defender Edmond Tapsoba with Prime Video after the match.
“We are hurt”
Same story with Kasper Hjulmand. Forced to reorganize his game plan, the tactician failed to calm the Parisian enthusiasm. A real humiliation for the Dane, in front of his audience. “ We must apologize to the supporters. They were incredible today, and we need them again on Sunday against Freiburg to progress. We feel great pain. We are hurt. But we have to recover and look to the future. »
Hjulmand went even further, seeing what went wrong for his team. “ We were too open and we thought too much about the future, without balance. I would have liked to go into the locker room with the score 1-1 and then make changes. But seven minutes before half-time, with a new structure, we lost the match. At 1-4, it was over. » Currently 27th in the Champions League standings with only two points, Bayer Leverkusen will have to qualify by facing Benfica, Manchester City, Newcastle, Olympiakos and Villarreal.
