In an interview at the club's site, the Parisian coach explains that his team will not deny themselves and will play the attack against Dortmund, this Wednesday, in the knockout stages of the Champions League. But he warns his players that they will have to be smart.
What is the state of your group on the eve of facing Dortmund?
THOMAS TUCHEL: Kylian (Mbappé) has angina, and hasn't trained with us for the past two days. We may try to do individual training tonight (Tuesday). If possible, he will do another training tomorrow (Wednesday) morning and we will decide. Thiago Silva did all his training, and we will decide tomorrow if he plays or not. But he is with the group. All other players are available, except the injured Ander Herrera.
Because of the coronavirus epidemic, you were unable to play in Strasbourg and the match was closed to Wednesday. How do you live this situation?
Strasbourg, for me it was negative because we made the trip and we could not play. It continues to be a bit weird, because we're going to play without spectators and in a match like that, it's super important to create a special atmosphere, tension, and pressure on our opponent. So we will have to think about all this and adapt.
You can qualify with the score of 1-0. Would this score satisfy you?
1-0 is enough, but I really feel that we are not a team that can make 1-0. We like to attack and we will attack to score as many goals as possible. If in the end there is a goal for us without conceding, I will be absolutely happy and without any regrets. But we will try to do more. And I am also convinced that we are in a better time ( Editor's note: than on the way out ).
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How to contain the attack of Dortmund very successful?
We are playing against a very dangerous Dortmund team in counter-attacks, and who love transitions. The key will be the loss of bullets. All teams lose the ball, but it should not be lost too easily and in dangerous areas. For this we must be attentive and intelligent.