“PSG weren’t unlucky against Dortmund, but there are positives for Luis Enrique’ – Emmanuel Petit on posts and xG
Interview conducted with Grosvenor Sport.
Paris Saint-Germain once again lost in frustrating, or comical for many Spanish fans, fashion in the knockout stages of the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Their talent for finding different methods of elimination continued, and when Luis Enrique defended his side with statistics and expected goals, he was derided in both France and Spain.
According to World Cup-winner Emmanuel Petit, the problem was much closer to home. The French champions did not turn up the heat for enough of the two clashes, as he told Football España exclusively, even when the Parc des Princes bubbled like a cauldron in the background.
“I can understand the argument that Luis Enrique makes about the posts and the shots, but if you look at the tie, it’s four halves, and they only play two of them. They only played the second halves, they were very poor in Dortmund in the first half, Paris Saint-Germain were poor yesterday in the first half. It’s a pity, because of all the preparations, the festivities, the fans the club, everything around the game was ready.”
“I’ve commentated on a lot of PSG games this season in the Champions League over the last three seasons, and yesterday, the atmosphere was amazing. Everything was setup, all the communication from Luis Enrique and Kylian Mbappe, saying that we are going to win the game, we were expecting a party yesterday, but it didn’t happen.”
Mbappe’s failure to make the difference was another deflating aspect of their exit in Petit’s eyes, and he felt that PSG still lacked the cohesion of their German counterparts, who dug deep.
“So I can understand that they had so many chances to score in the second half, but you
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