- Title: PSG can take positives despite missing out on Champions League again
- Date: 7th May 2024
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MAY 7, 2024) (REUTERS) PARIS SAINT GERMAIN (PSG) COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, ENTERING PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (PSG) COACH, LUIS ENRIQUE, SAYING: “It is a sad feeling, as is to be expected after not having reached our goal. I don’t think we were inferior in the match or over the two legs. Looking at the two matches, we hit the post
- Embargoed: 21st May 2024 23:47
- Keywords: Borussia Dortmund Champions League Dortmund Edin Terzic Luis Enrique PSG Paris St Germain
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Europe,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001083407052024RP1
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- Story Text:Paris St Germain missed a golden opportunity to reach their second Champions League final, but it was not all doom and gloom at the French club after a season of transition with a new coach.
The Ligue 1 champions were knocked out in the semi-finals on Tuesday (May 7) after a 1-0 defeat against Borussia Dortmund for a 2-0 aggregate loss, having hit the woodwork six times over the two legs and managed 31 attempts at the Parc des Princes.
"We were not inferior over the two legs, but football rewards those who score not those who hit the woodwork," said PSG coach Luis Enrique.
"My goal was to be fighting for all the titles. Tonight I'm proud of my team, of all the players."
PSG won the Ligue 1 title and have the French Cup final to come later this month.
PSG have now lost all six legs of their three two-legged Champions League semi-finals, after double defeats against AC Milan in 1995 and Manchester City in 2021.
The year they reached the final, in 2020, they beat RB Leipzig in a one-off semi-final after COVID-19 disrupted the season. They lost in the final against Bayern Munich.
This season started with a new coach in Luis Enrique and without Lionel Messi and Neymar as club president Nasser al-Khelaifi put an emphasis on building a team over individual talents.
While not always brilliant, PSG have looked like an organised outfit and the coach said he was already working on building a team without Kylian Mbappe, who is widely expected to leave at the end of the season.
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