André Villas-Boas won his duel from a distance with Thomas Tuchel.
The Portuguese, OM coach, emerged as the winner of this Sunday night's clasico at the Parc des Princes (1-0).
At a press conference, Villas-Boas showed his satisfaction and threw a few pikes at his counterpart and at the management of PSG.
What is your feeling after this victory?
ANDRE VILLAS BOAS.
We got off to a bad start.
We applied our strategy of starting with a low block.
We score a second valid goal, refused, which makes the end of the match less peaceful.
We must not forget the history of these clasicos: there was an era before and after Qatar, which spent a billion and a half euros.
Their goal is the Champions League.
Did you discuss with Alvaro the incident with Neymar, who accuses him of racism?
Neymar was a little pissed off by the situation.
Hope there is nothing.
Alvaro is an experienced player.
I hope that will not allow to cast black on our victory
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We must also not forget that Di Maria spits on our player.
There are things not allowed, even in a clasico.
I hope that was not the case (Editor's note: the racist insult).
We must focus on this historic victory.
"It's a very big achievement"
How do you judge the performance of PSG?
Neymar and Di Maria offered an exceptional level.
We suffered.
Alvaro, Rongier… They were empty.
They fought until the end.
Congratulations to Neymar and Di Maria.
For coming back from illness and for their level in this game.
We wanted to play with a fake number 9 to help the team out.
But PSG have been aggressive.
We managed to come out a little better in the second half.
This is a very big achievement.
We defended well.
We started with Thauvin in the deep because Paris does not like balloons in the back.
The problem is that PSG were too aggressive in recovery, with a lot of faults.
We wanted to bet on set pieces and exploit the size of the Parisians.
Paris played well, its football created a lot of problems.
We saw them at a good level.
Which gives a little more depth to our service.
Don't you also win this match because OM have better mastered their nerves?
Emotions were strong at the end of the meeting.
I think it starts with a fault by Neymar on Alvaro.
Neymar must have a second yellow.
The referee tells me that the match must remain calm.
The second goal situation is also incomprehensible.
Someone needs to explain to the VAR referees where to put the offside line, where to stop idling.
It's incomprehensible.
It's 2-0.
We end with victory.
We had several discussions about hands as well, but I didn't watch.
"I told Thomas Tuchel that he had also played the lotto against Atalanta"
Can you tell us about the insults exchanged with the PSG staff at the end of the match?
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These were normal insults.
He told me that I had played the lotto.
I told him that he had also played the lotto against Atalanta (Editor's note: Paris overthrew the Italian club at the very end of their Champions League quarter-final, 2-1).
You can't spend 1.5 billion and not win the Champions League.
But I have great respect for him.
I really appreciate what he did.
PSG awaits the Champions League.
You can't spend 1.5 billion and not win the Champions League.
PSG awaits its European Cup.
I appreciate it very much.
His team plays well on the ball.
I can't play like him.