The glass half full, rather than half empty.
But no smiles on the faces, nor any manifestation of satisfaction.
Sunday evening, in the bays of the Vélodrome, the Parisian mines were rather in disagreement with the post-match speech.
At the end of the goalless draw conceded on the lawn of the Vélodrome - the first since the 2-2 of October 22, 2017 - the Parisians made resolutely positive remarks in front of the microphones.
Although his team, yet carried by a quartet (Di Maria - Messi - Neymar - Mbappé) object of all fantasies has not found the net, Mauricio Pochettino ensures that "there are many positive things" in This meeting.
Failing to have seen his flock take advantage of the possession of the ball in the first period (55%) and the few opportunities to find it net, the Argentinian technician is pleased to note that his “team was solid.
She showed character, organization with and without the ball, it's a shame to have had to play almost 40 minutes with one less player, but even so we did good things.
Obviously, as a PSG coach, you always hope to win, but I can only congratulate the players for what they did today.
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Guendouzi's frustration
The expulsion of Hakimi, guilty of a fault on Under, having forced Paris to play in numerical inferiority a little more than half an hour, it is with the feeling of having taken a point rather than having lost two that the Parisians left the Vélodrome. “We were 100% motivated and we wanted to win this match,” explains Keylor Navas. We made the effort to win. But with the expulsion, it was more complicated to play, we had to defend more and we brought a point, which I think is a good point. “A good evening, in short, for the Parisian doorman who, like all 22 actors, enjoyed playing in a molten Velodrome stadium. "The atmosphere was very good," even said the Costa Rican doorman. For everyone, it is a joy to be in a stadium where there are public.With what we've been through lately, football with supporters is something else and we can clearly see the difference. "
The public, this is the only common point that brought together the Parisian goalkeeper and Matteo Guendouzi, the Marseille midfielder, disappointed him to have let slip the victory.
“I am neither proud nor happy this evening, thus explained the former resident of the Parisian academy.
There was room to win, if we had been more realistic in the last move, we would have pocketed the three points.
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