“I don’t have the words. » Samir Nasri finally found them to analyze the two matches of PSG, eliminated by Borussia Dortmund in the semi-final of the Champions League. The former Arsenal and Olympique de Marseille player, now a consultant for Canal +, did not mince his criticism of the Parisians.
Samir Nasri, former Arsenal and Olympique de Marseille player, is a consultant for Canal+. Icon Sports
“They weren’t good. They didn’t play the match they needed to. In the game, it was humming, it was very slow in the transmissions, there was no lag,” he kindly regretted to begin with, before mentioning the adversity for a League semi-final. champions.
“They didn’t put the ingredients”
“This Dortmund team, we sell it like the big names but it’s an average team. When there was the draw, everyone was happy to find them. Given the adversity, Paris should have qualified for the final. They didn’t put the ingredients,” he lamented a little more vehemently.
“For me, today, PSG must play the final given the adversity of Dortmund: they did not have the ingredients for it”
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“When we have a crazy stadium like this evening, we try to enliven the match with long shots, pressing, a certain madness, speed, forward races,” continues Samir Nasri. A boring return match and ultimately well locked in by Edin Terzic’s men. “The game plan was perfect. Their way of getting out of the Parisian pressing, defensively and even offensively. They were ready for everything that Paris was going to offer,” concludes the Canal + consultant. In short, two failed matches on one side, two successful ones on the other!
An analysis shared by Habib Beye, also a consultant for the encrypted channel. The one who is also coach of Red Star was not kind to PSG: “In this double confrontation, the elimination is deserved. 1-0 in the first leg, 1-0 in the return, there is nothing to say. PSG were simply not invited at this level. »
