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“The game against Real Madrid killed us”: Verratti gives an uncompromising assessment of the PSG season

2022-05-09T05:17:24.340Z


Asked about Amazon Prime Video, Sunday, after PSG-Troyes (2-2), the Italian international midfielder looks back on his team's "complicated season".


Marco Verratti with an open heart.

If the Parisian players were not numerous to risk themselves in the mixed zone on Sunday, after PSG-Troyes (2-2), only the titi Ismaël Gharbi came to answer the journalists, the Italian midfielder, like his captain Marquinhos, delivered its lights in front of the broadcaster's cameras,

Amazon Prime Video

.

In fact, "Little Owl" emptied his bag in full transparency after a "

frustrating

" match but especially by returning to "

a complicated season

".

The most complicated since its beginnings in Paris, in 2012?

We experienced even tougher situations

,” he notes, certainly thinking of the 2016-17 financial year marked by the Remontada against FC Barcelona and the loss of the French championship, in favor of AS Monaco.

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This time, Paris Saint-Germain has at least won the Ligue 1 title. But for the quality of play throughout the season, we will come back.

Not to mention the premature eliminations in the Coupe de France but also and above all in the Champions League.

This match against Real killed us, like the fans… We won the championship, we're happy, it's never easy to do, but we dreamed of the C1.

This elimination was a good blow to us

, ”breathes Verratti, who moreover had to digest a pain at least as strong with the defeat of the Italian national team against North Macedonia (0-1) in the play-off. accession to the 2022 World Cup.

We could be better as a team, help each other more in times of difficulty

Marco Verratti

Still, the disappointment is up to the expectations born of the XXL recruitment last summer.

In any case, it was on paper.

But football is about people first and foremost.

And this is where the flaw lay in the eyes of Marco Verratti, without filter.

Honestly, with the team we have, we could do much better.

We won the championship but it was hard, we won a lot of matches in the last minutes.

It showed that we have character.

But we could be better as a team, help each other more in times of difficulty

, ”he insists bluntly, then trying to explain this state of affairs.

"

There have been a lot of changes this season, a lot of new players have arrived.

It's not an excuse but it's the truth: it's difficult to create a great group when you change a lot

", underlines Verratti, who had "

the impression that the first six months have passed like that, without that we can do three training sessions together with the trips to the selections

” and the injuries of each other.

As the former Pescara also analyzes it, it should be noted that there was a thrill before the double confrontation against Real.

Too little, too late...

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And to conclude, in the form of a roadmap to follow for next season and perhaps a message to some: “

We have to take the good things of the season and put an extra stone in order to be at the highest level possible.

We could do better this season, but with what we did, we fought until the end against Real, we did 150 very good minutes and we won the L1, there is not much missing.

But everyone has to give even more to try and have no regrets in the end.

There, we have this little regret…

This is not how we dream of ending the season when you are already champion

Marco Verratti

Moreover, Marco Verratti believes that PSG did not do the job against Estac, in a post-title match at the end of the season in which the idea must be to “have

fun.

It means winning, playing well, playing as a team.

These are the quietest moments of the season because we don't have a lot of pressure.

It's just about having fun.

When you are released in the head, you can take even more pleasure.

That's why I'm a little frustrated on this.

We see on the pitch that we are still a little nervous.

This is not how you dream of ending the season when you are already champion

, ”he sighs.

Two more matches for Marco Verratti and company, in Montpellier and against Metz, and it will be time to draw the curtain.

At last...

Source: lefigaro

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