Glad to be warm at home rather than in the cold of the Park, Edouard Cissé, the 42-year-old former Parisian midfielder, took the time to analyze the qualification of PSG, in suffering, at the end of a miraculous draw (1-1).
What did you think of this funny match?
EDOUARD CISSE.
Frankly, luckily they had done most of the first leg (4-1).
But there is really a sinistrosis on the remoradas.
It is marked, it is in the players ... We will have to do some work on this.
The first ten minutes you say to yourself: what is this?
What surprised you?
To endure so much, to be so low ... There was no reaction.
Frankly, it's scary.
Limit it would have been better if they had not made such a big gap in the first leg.
That is true !
If they had lost or won 1-0, they would have handled better.
There, there was a non-match.
It's crazy.
Bravo for the qualifying, but it's a bit sad.
Luckily Navas was there, right?
Fortunately, there is Navas, yes.
And I understand why they went looking for it.
He answers present.
Great keeper.
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What was the biggest flaw at the start of the match?
They all crossed out, no one went to get the ball carrier.
Paredes, Gueye and Verratti did a bit like in Ligue 1, betting everything on the fact that the opposing team would lose the ball.
Except it's Barça.
You don't put on aggression, you spin around and without realizing it you find yourself seven or eight behind.
You ask Draxler, Mbappé, Icardi to defend and at one point you find yourself with eleven players in the last thirty meters ...
Whose fault is it ?
It is the circles that must initiate this.
The Champions League is not Ligue 1. You have to attack the ball carrier.
And simply play higher.
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Shouldn't Draxler have taken responsibility?
No, but it was complicated for him.
When you defend in the last 30-40 meters, it's complicated for everyone.
I saw Paredes, Verratti running but they swallowed the trumpet.
Florenzi too.
They did not enjoy it.
It was complicated.
Were you afraid of a bad scenario?
I have a lot of friends who were in panic yes!
So we do not know the level of PSG before the quarter-finals?
Oh no.
But it is impressive.
In the space of three weeks, we say to ourselves: but what happened?
There we have Barça at a good level.
You are shaking.
And in the end, we have a team that is eliminated but is playing better.
In attitudes, postures.
And you've got another panicking.
Well, ok, we forget that match, but it's a shame.
Because between the 4-1 on the first leg and this one, you say to yourself: what is the level?
One of the two games was an accident.
Which ?
And that's what's boring and bothering me.
As in 2017 with the 4-0 in the first leg and the 6-1 in the return: what is the level of PSG in the Champions League?
What can we keep that is positive?
The qualif 'therefore.
But also Navas with having a world class goalkeeper.
Marquinhos - Kimpembe who staked their lives.
This… (it is), it is kiffant.
And then whether we like it or not, Kylian (Mbappé).
So Jérôme (
Editor's note: Rothen, on RMC Sport
) criticized him for not defending.
But the main thing is that he is in front.
Afterwards I expect a little more from the backgrounds.
Is Neymar's return a cause for optimism?
Yes but hey we do not wait for Neymar to get the ball back.
The Champions League is about intensity in the middle, aggression.
I watched Liverpool in the background: there is impact, what!
Imagine there are Manchester City and teams like that.
So of course, we want players who play ball, but hey, be careful.
Warning.
Here.
Well done, but we'll see in quarter.