Elimination of PSG in the Champions League: everything is not to be thrown away!

The Champions League has ended for PSG.

The Parisians were eliminated by Manchester City in the semi-finals after their new 2-0 defeat last night.

For Virginie Phulpin, we must remain lucid after this elimination, everything is not to be thrown in this team, but the coronation is still far away.  

Be wary of overreactions.

Disappointment after elimination leads to bitterness as deceptive as the euphoria that comes from winning.

The Parisians lost, yes, they fell on stronger than them, that is not the shadow of a doubt.

The cause was also quickly heard this Tuesday evening.

But that is not why the PSG has once again become a lambda club that takes its dreams for realities.

As the victories against Barca and Bayern Munich had not turned it into the best team in the world.

You can't rock a club after a good result and then cut it to pieces after an elimination.

It is a defeat, not a shameful underperformance.

Look at Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola.

He is praised by everyone, and he deserves it.

He has another appointment in the final of the Champions League.

But it had been 10 years since he reached this level.

Hey, 10 years old.

It's been a decade since the Qataris arrived in Paris.

You see that it is not shameful not to have won anything at European level in 10 years.

It takes time.

We always tend to be in more and more of a hurry.

But we must accept to take a step back.

PSG made the Champions League final last year, reached the semi-finals this year, and are now a club that matters in Europe.  

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In this semi-final round trip, we saw a glaring difference between Paris and Manchester City.

There was no photo on the ground.

The Parisians have played half time out of four, if we want to caricature a little, and obviously that is not enough.

We have not seen the players transcend together.

The English have shown impressive collective strength, not the Parisians, who once again relied too much on their stars to shine.

Except that Neymar was not up to the event, except that Kylian Mbappé could not play this Tuesday evening, and that some players like Mauro Icardi do not necessarily have their place in a team that dreams of sacred.

Finally, the big difference is that when we talk about Manchester City, we first think of his coach and his game plan. When we talk about Paris, we first think of Neymar and Mbappé.

If PSG wants to take a new step, the coach and his ideas must be as important as the stars.

At least.