The Paris SG, long led in Madrid, snatched a draw 2-2 against Real Madrid on Tuesday in the Champions League, ensuring to finish first in group A and enjoy a draw a priori more affordable in the eighth. 2-0 on a Karim Benzema double (17th, 79th), the Parisians reacted thanks to Kylian Mbappé (81st) and a clear shot from Pablo Sarabia, trained at Real (83rd), in a gala match between two teams already qualified before the meeting. A convincing match for Thomas Tuchel, the coach of PSG, who spoke at the microphone of Europe after the match.
"We are happy today". "We can say that a draw, a point, is happy for us.There were some odd situations with the VAR: penalty, no penalty ... but we did not play our best game. did not start playing with the necessary mentality, confidence and courage.It was super difficult, Real Madrid won three times the Champions League, they showed they had another mentality.It was a little better in the second half, we reacted, we won a point, it's one of the most difficult stages in the world, one of the best teams in the world, we have a lot of things to improve but I think it's is more a question of personality, of courage and not a question of not making any effort.I am absolutely convinced that everyone was there to show it.When the match, we can have the impression that we are not together, we do not give ourselves but honestly, it's not that, it was a super complicated game, a lot of things t to improve but, in the end, we found twice the solution to score goals. We must be calm, not too critical. We are happy today. I've seen a lot of games in my coaching life where a big team wins a point and everybody thinks 'but why do they score a point?' We have also shown quality to win this point, here. We did not lose during this Champions League campaign and that too is a quality. "