By JB
Published 2 hours ago, Updated 2 hours ago
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was particularly satisfied after his players’ victory. FRANCK FIFE / AFP
After PSG’s crazy qualification against Barcelona (1-4), several players in the Parisian success reacted to the evening’s performance.
Under water last week after the home defeat (2-3) against FC Barcelona, Paris SG won at Montjuïc this Tuesday, April 16 (1-4) and qualified for the semi-finals thanks to to a successful match.
Luis Enrique was the first to react to this result. The Spanish coach considered himself “very happy and very excited by this qualification. We started this meeting with an incredible pace, took control of the ball. They (Barcelona) entered our area once and scored, for me it was really unfair. he indicated. When a journalist asked him if he felt his team was capable of winning this competition, the Parisian coach quickly said “of course, that’s our mentality”.
Nasser al-Khelaïfi then appeared in front of journalists and admitted his pride. “We were solid as if we were at the Park. I want to thank the supporters because they were with us from the first minute and despite the first goal. We were solid and we kept the desire. This is a magnificent and historic moment for the club. It’s not easy to win here, but I was confident, before and after the first match, before this match and after the first goal. I told the coach that we wanted to win and qualify. I saw things for the first time in thirteen years, everyone fighting for each other, the atmosphere. Everyone wanted to qualify. We have the best coach in the world, we really have a team. We want to go further, but tonight we want to make the most of it. We have the best supporters in the world. I want to thank them. We were like at the Park here. They were with us, even after the first goal. We were solid. We really wanted it, the players, the coach, the staff. Even the media, we were all together. That’s what we want, we play for Paris, and for France.»
As for the players, Vitinha said “that it was not an easy match (…) We remained calm, it was not easy knowing that we were two goals behind (…) The key to all this was what we said the coach before the match, it was in our heads”. The Portuguese midfielder then praised his coach, “he is incredible, he brings us a lot, in tactics, in the head (…) It must be said, he is an incredible coach”.
