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Thomas Tuchel, the coach of Paris Saint-Germain, wants to improve his performances when he will face Napoli in his next match of Group C of the Champions League, after the spectacular 2-2 draw but "murderously frustrating" on Wednesday.
The Italian The attack of Dries Mertens in the second half after Lorenzo Insigne's first goal to first base, but the superb leveler Angel Di Maria in stoppage of play and Mario's goal Rui allowed one point to score a goal to the Giants. Ligue 1.
"I do not know why we can not play the same way for 90 minutes," Tuchel said after the match. "We went up to three central defenders and created more chances, we worked better and more intensely, so we won the second half and did not win in total. , so we have to improve.
"Scoring at the last minute means you can look at it as a point earned. It was very important not to lose at the Parc des Princes here. Our first 15 minutes were good and we lost our structure.
"At half-time, I told the players that we had to play with more simplicity, faster and with more discipline, we needed to improve, it made sense that they scored first goal, but their second goal was extremely frustrating, however, we fought back a second time and that shows a great mentality. "
The German boss also expressed his belief that PSG can travel to Naples and win to improve its position within the group. [19659002] "We still have three group matches and we want to win first face-to-face with Napoli," he said. "We are at 90 minutes and we are at 2-2 and we can win the match in two weeks."
The late-game hero, Di Maria, praised Tuchel's half-time changes and was delighted to avoid losing to the match. death.
"We are happy to have finished positively," said the Argentine international. "We could have lost but we could have won too.You have to fight until the last second to reach your goals."
"The coach is there to make decisions and change the training in case of need, and that's what he did at half-time. We must take advantage of the second period and continue to improve. "
Right-back Thomas Meunier, who saw his center turn into a net by Rui, was more severe in his badysis of PSG's presentation and felt that he only counted his team-mates played for 45 minutes.
"We played a single half of football, "said the Belgian international" The first 45 minutes did not go as planned, nor our instructions. In the second, we played like PSG: attack. We saw two of PSG's faces.
"That being said, Napoli was very good and did what he did for years with few touches, a lot of movement and intelligence – do not underestimate them – they have quality players who could play for PSG or other big clubs. "
Central defender Marquinhos, captain in the absence of Thiago Silva, was involved in Mertens' goal to take the score to Napoli 2-1, claiming that his team had no illusions. a struggle to get out of group C.
"I think everyone clearly understands the situation," said Silva. "It was a half-time game – a first mediocre and a second best.
" The coach made some good changes at the break, which gave us confidence. He advanced Thomas and Angel further forward and talked a lot about the spirit. A recovery of the first period was not an option. "
Center midfielder Marco Verratti admitted that Napoli was tough to face and expressed his optimism about PSG's chances of success in Italy on the next day.
" It was a complicated match against a good team from Naples ", said the star of Azzurri They were difficult to face We were better in the second half
" We are optimistic for the qualification. There are still three matches left. Our group is hard, but we will fight until the end. I know we can do better, and we will go to Naples to win. "
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