Paris St Germain blamed itself for lacking early possibilities because it misplaced 2-0 to Bayern Munich on Wednesday and crashed out of the Champions League within the final 16.
Coach Christophe Galtier’s star-studded staff that features striker Kylian Mbappe and world champion Lionel Messi failed to attain towards Bayern over two legs, shedding 3-0 on mixture and seeing their hopes of clinching Europe’s prime membership trophy disappear for an additional yr.
“It’s a big disappointment,” Galtier mentioned. “We have to deal with it and accept it. There’s a lot of disappointment in the dressing room.”
“I don’t know if it’s a lesson to be learned, but there’s a lot of frustration. If we’d scored first, it would have been different, but we didn’t.”
PSG made a robust begin and France ahead Mbappe had an early alternative earlier than Messi went shut with a double likelihood of his personal within the twenty fifth minute.
“We didn’t open the scoring when we had the chance. We did well in the first half, we felt we could match our opponents, but we didn’t put away our chances,” mentioned Galtier.
Instead it was Bayern who opened the scoring when Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting tapped-in within the 61st minute earlier than a late second aim from Serge Gnabry sealed their win.
“We conceded what was a really stupid first goal at this level. Yes, there was pressure from Bayern, but sometimes you mustn’t be ashamed to play it long to get over the pressing,” Galtier mentioned.
“When you’re behind after an hour’s play, it’s difficult.”
His staff’s newest European failure — its fifth last-16 exit in seven years — provides stress on Galtier, who refused to invest on his future on the membership.
“It’s a big disappointment but we have to swallow it. It is too soon to talk about my future. I’m focused to the end of the season with a lot of energy and determination.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com