He didn’t add any. Available, Kingsley Coman is, as usual, remained measured when expressing his joy as when it was necessary to debrief the qualification of Bayern against his training club. A 2-0 victory, a match smoothly led, according to him by Bayern, which does not prevent him from believing that PSG will have the right, one day, to have its hour of glory.
Did PSG lack too much audacity tonight?
KINGSLEY COMAN. I would say successful, because Paris had some great chances. But we were solid behind, saving two very good scoring chances. This allowed us to leave us in a good position in the game. At half-time, we sorted out the problems and offered a much better face in the second.
Bayern appeared very serene during the meeting. Is this Munich’s DNA?
Yes, we are used to this kind of matches, we know that we have to keep a cool head because there are weak times and strong times. We had our weak moments before the break, but during half-time we talked to each other. We said to ourselves that we were at home, that we were going to go down a little more to try to be more compact and be able to counter them. We also had to give everything in the laundry and in the end it worked.
What was the plan to counter Kylian Mbappé?
There was no big plan to block Kylian. The idea was above all to cut his relationship with Lionel (Messi). Usually we are a team that presses very high throughout the game. There, we tried at times to go down to give them less depth.
Did the first goal allow you to gain the upper hand psychologically?
Yes, of course. We won the first leg 1-0, so scoring the first goal gives us some confidence. It gave us a margin of error so we could impose our tempo more and press. This is what made our success because they had to uncover themselves to score twice. In the end it worked and we are super happy.
You who have known both clubs, what makes the difference between a big European and a club trying to become one?
It’s hard to say, these are small details. The difference is probably linked to the fact that Bayern have been a great club for many years and Europe is in its DNA. Paris is on the way, he has been the top European for a few years, he is still going far in the Champions League and he is a contender for the title. Sometimes you just have to let time do its work and the wheel will turn for Paris.
