Everything was not perfect on Tuesday among the European champions. The fault, mainly at Illia Zabarnyi, the Ukrainian defender causing two penalties and being sent off after barely more than half an hour of play. In the cages, Lucas Chevalier, who can do nothing about the two goals conceded, also had too little work to dispel the doubts about him.
Nevertheless, the new recital delivered by PSG on the pitch at Bayer Leverkusen has once again left its mark. As was the case with his victory against Atalanta Bergamo at the opening of this league phase of the Champions League or his success on the pitch at FC Barcelona despite the numerous absences with which Luis Enrique had to deal.
In Germany, the European champions were still without Marquinhos in central defense or Fabian Ruiz and Joan Neves in midfield. As for Ousmane Dembélé, just back, he had to be content with coming on in the second half. However, PSG did indeed win 7-2 against the 2024 German champion, quarter-finalist of the Champions League last spring.
“We are looking to win everything again this season”
But Luis Enrique sees further and clearly displays his ambitions. “We are looking to win everything again this season. We have confidence from last year. Our goal is real and true,” he confided after the victory of his troops, adding: “It will be difficult, because there are four or five teams of the same level. We are demanding but we want to continue on this pattern. »
Impressed by the victory of the capital club, Daniel Riolo, however, hardly sees any opponents up to his standard. “I'm trying to understand which other teams in Europe can raise their level to that height,
he confided to the microphone of RMC. Three weeks ago, we saw that PSG won in Barcelona with a B team. Bayern made a strong impression on me. We have to try not to get too carried away, we have to remember that Liverpool last year at the same time were marching on everyone, it was a massacre. They finished the league phase first, they were favorites and fell to PSG in the round of 16. We know that things can happen in the two-way matches, but today, give me a pen because the back-to-back, I am not far from signing it. In any case I hold the pen in the . It’s still an insane score! We have the impression that we don’t even measure…”
