It was a tough night in Pasadena for Paris Saint-Germain . At the Rose Bawl Stadium, Luis Enrique's players got off to a strong start against Botafogo in the second round of the Club World Cup group stage. However, the Parisians were held back by an Igor Jesus goal (36th minute) just before halftime. They never managed to come back and will be playing for their future in the competition this Monday against Seattle.
A real setback for a team that was on cloud nine after their Champions League final victory against Inter Milan (5-0) and their idyllic start to the competition against Atlético de Madrid (4-0). After the match, Warren Zaïre-Emery tried to find the reasons for this defeat on DAZN : " We knew it was going to be difficult, Brazilian teams put in the impact and intensity. Now we played our game, we gave it our all. We know there are always things to improve, but they put in a lot of intensity. "
PSG regrets its lack of efficiency but wants to bounce back
" We didn't manage to create many chances. The few we had, they didn't go to the bottom. We take every match the same way with our intensity, our pressure, our mobility, we'll have to keep it up during this competition, because it's not over ," continued the French midfielder. His teammate Désiré Doué also expressed his disappointment. Less prominent than usual, the French international highlighted a glaring lack of efficiency: " We're disappointed, it's not what we wanted. We're very disappointed tonight. "
" We weren't efficient. We had a lot of chances, a lot of action. They had 2/3 shots and they scored, they were very efficient in front of goal, unlike us, that let us down. They're a very aggressive team, we saw the videos. We raised our level in duels, it's efficiency that we lacked. This match will help us bounce back. All the big teams have to go through these defeats. We have another match to play and we have to win it ," continued the former Rennes player. Combative words shared by his Georgian colleague Khvicha Kvaratskhelia: " We were surprised to lose, but we have to think about ourselves and the opportunities we didn't manage to convert. We have to correct that in the next match. " See you Monday evening at 9 p.m. against Seattle to try to bounce back on the PSG side.
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