At the Parc des Princes
Neymar's red : "If we want to talk about this action, we must talk about all the action. He is one on one and what is his opponent doing? I have never seen that ... It is fault on 5, 10 meters. The fourth referee is on the field after the foul. And there is not even a yellow card, nothing! And the match continues with the fourth official on the field ... I have never seen that. And the second yellow card, OK, he already had one ... It is not necessary to do (what he did), but he is also human, upset after this situation. He makes this second fault, it's a second yellow, OK. But the guy who made the mistake (on him) before (Youssouf Sabaly, note), has no yellow. With the referee, the situation is really a bit weird, isn't it? ”
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Thiago Silva and Keylor Navas : “Keylor was on the bench. It was possible that he was playing. But he felt a little muscle fatigue. Sergio (Rico) gave him the cup match in Dijon to keep him up to speed. So it was clear that Keylor would give this match to Sergio in return. But there is no serious injury, no injury at all. For Thiago, he came out with a muscle injury. Not too bad, but enough to go out ... I'm a little worried but we have to wait, one, two or three days to be more precise. "
The defensive weaknesses of PSG : “The two matches, at Amiens and against Bordeaux, are a bit bizarre. We conceded seven goals between the two (4 at Amiens, 3 against Bordeaux, note). This is not normal. In Amiens, we played a friendly match in the first half, and a serious match after the break. Today (Sunday) was different. It was a little weird. We conceded three goals. The first two, there is not even an opportunity. The first on a corner, he was missing Thiago (injured but not yet replaced, editor's note). And the second, Sergio is unlucky ... At the same time, we have to admit that we had a lot of difficulty defending on set pieces, corners. They are very strong in this area. We talked about it (before the match). But we did not find the mentality, the quality to defend by being beefier on these situations. For that, it was always a close, complicated match. In this context, after a defeat in an important match in the Champions League, it is always complicated. The best thing is that we won. It gives a good basis to improve, analyze and use this week in training. ”
"If we play like in the first period at Amiens, it's not possible to play in 4-4-2, but ..."
4-4-2 and collective balance : “It's always the same thing: if we play as in the first period at Amiens, we can't think that it's possible to play in 4-4- 2. But it is not a question of structure. We are able to finish without a goal conceded in 4-4-2, to adapt to get there. We lost that ability a bit in the second half against Lyon because we were leading 3-0 in the first half, and suddenly they came back to 3-2 because we didn't defend with the same attention, the same "spirit". After that, it's hard to find the chance, the "spirit", the "momentum" to make a few matches without a conceded goal. But it is clear: we have to improve our way of defending, our defensive duels, our efforts, the distance between our players to play as a block ... These are things that we must improve. "
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Cavani's character and Icardi's state of mind : “That's how it is, the two fight for a place. It was time for Edi because I could feel for several days in training that he is still very close to scoring, that he is there. And on the field, he scored an important goal against Lyon. I also felt that after this defeat (in Dortmund), his personality, his energy and the effort he gave could be of great help to us in this match. That was the case and I am very happy that he scored, made an assist. It's great because he's a great player for Paris, a guy who earned this 200th goal. It's an incredible performance. He deserved that everyone should have this time with him. He deserved to win this match with this 200th goal. That's great. I am very happy for him. ”
Amiens, Dortmund and Bordeaux : "The eight wildest days of my career? (smile) No, I don't think so. On 4-4, we have already seen matches where a team is led 3-0 before winning. It can happen just before a Champions League match, in a match in Amiens, with a lot of changes. I didn't expect too much from the team. Everyone has thought a little too much about Dortmund. It could happen. It was a bit of a shame that we didn't win this match. We conceded a goal at the last minute. The Dortmund match was not crazy. It was a game with insufficient results for us. We are disappointed with us, that's clear. Now to react, the most important thing was to start winning again. It's not so crazy this match (against Bordeaux), it's a little weird ... We conceded a lot of goals without real opportunities. And for that, I no longer have the impression that we should again deserve matches without a conceded goal. The best thing is to start again against Dijon (next Saturday). But those weren't normal eight days (smile). ”
Words gathered at a press conference .
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