A big match like PSG has played a good ten of already this season. This Saturday, Paris Saint-Germain took on Bayern Munich for a place in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup . Facing a tenacious Bavarians, the Parisians had several difficulties to manage in this match. After a fierce first half, PSG found the fault in the 78th minute thanks to Désiré Doué. However, four minutes later, Luis Enrique's flock were reduced to 10 with a logical exclusion of Willian Pacho. Eight minutes later, it was the turn of substitute Lucas Hernandez to be sent off for a stupid elbow on Raphaël Guerreiro.
Finishing the match with 9 men, the Parisians had the panache to score a second goal at the very end of the match on a sublime action initiated by Achraf Hakimi . A steely mentality which therefore allowed the Parisians to seek a deserved qualification. After the match, this brilliant qualification aroused unanimous pride internally. Interviewed on DAZN , Achraf Hakimi did not hide his joy after this crazy success: " we are very proud and also very happy with the efforts made by the team. It was a big team in front of us. We did what we had to do to win. It was one of the big teams of the tournament, they play a bit like us. We made an effort, we played a good match. "
Marquinhos and Luis Enrique are proud of their team
A steely mentality that delighted fans on social media. Praised by fans for his opening goal, Désiré Doué said, "It was important for us to win this match. It was difficult to beat Bayern Munich, so we're very happy. It's important for me to help the team; I hadn't scored in recent matches. I try to contribute as best I can through goals, effort, runs, passes, and dribbles. I helped the team today, so I'm happy. My positioning? The coach makes his choices; he decides. I can play anywhere. When I'm on the pitch, I'm very happy. My goal is to help the team win." A mentality instilled by Luis Enrique, euphoric after the match: "It was a match against a great opponent that made life difficult for us. We were in the game and we're happy with the result. The cards? I can't say anything, but it's a strange feeling." On Pacho, it's clear that there's a red card for the second one, I'm not sure, it was difficult in any case."
A change in mentality advocated since the arrival of Luis Enrique and which is embodied by the resilience of Marquinhos. Captain adored by Parisian supporters, the Brazilian revealed the behind-the-scenes of this warrior mentality that makes PSG almost unbeatable: " It's an important moment for us. A difficult match that we absolutely wanted to win. We had things to settle with Bayern Munich. The 2020 final, I still have it in my throat. The last match against them, we lost to them. It's good to show that we can win against them. It's a competition that is close to our hearts and in which we want to go all the way. Red cards are mistakes that we have to correct. These are details that weigh heavily with one or two players out. It changes a lot. Despite the red cards, we told ourselves that we would defend until the end and I was sure that we would win the match." Even with 10 or 9 men, we kept playing and even managed to score a second goal. That's our mentality. Our coach has worked a lot on that. That's why our team is ready for anything. We're ready to suffer even when we're down to our numbers, we play with our weapons to hurt our opponents. That's why we're like this right now. "
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