After the defeat (1-2) this Tuesday evening at the Parc des Princes against Manchester United at the opening of the new Champions League season, the PSG coach came to deliver his analysis in the stadium auditorium.
For Thomas Tuchel, his team lacked everything.
How do you explain the performance of your team?
THOMAS TUCHEL.
I do not know.
We had a lot of problems, especially in the first half.
It was a surprise because we had been good before in the previous matches, we had trained well the day before.
It was a performance without intensity, without aggressiveness, without recovery of the ball, without counter pressing.
I do not know why.
Gana (Gueye) had a muscle problem at half-time.
We took risks in the counterattack.
We played harder but it was not difficult to play harder.
We had chances but we couldn't control the counter-attacks.
We have lost our structure.
A draw would have been better.
Everyone knows that we play in a difficult group.
Are you worried about the future?
It's a difficult group, I knew that before.
I know what capabilities we lack with the injured.
I always want to protect my players, they have been doing great for months.
We struggled to find the right frame of mind.
Did you make the wrong team composition?
Do you know who got hurt?
Gana was injured at half-time.
What did you think of his replacement Moise Kean?
We wanted to give a physical impact to open spaces for Angel Di Maria, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar with Kean.
I am not talking about individual performances.
Gana was not able to do sprints.
He couldn't go on.
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Does Paris suffer from its status as a favorite?
We have to improve.
We are not happy with the performance.
Now is not the time to be overly critical in public.
We will do it internally.
We have a lot of things to improve.
It's always difficult to play behind closed doors, that's a reason but not the decisive reason.
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What was the mood like during the locker room break?
Honestly, the mood before the game was a bit too calm.
I had a weird feeling.
Normally, we listen to music loudly.
Today was very calm.
I felt it was too quiet.
Now was not the time for me to force things.
I am not angry, I want to help.
We were clear and direct: we lack aggressiveness and attitude.
We didn't have the right attitude to win as a team.
It's not a tactical problem the first half.
The players spoke at the break.
They are disappointed but they don't know why it was so complicated today either.
We missed a lot of things.