Paris Saint-Germain has done it again. Also under the new German coach Thomas Tuchel, the French capital club was eliminated in the first knockout round of the Champions League. The domination on the court didn’t help: In their own stadium PSG cashed in on the Wednesday night in the last Minute of a 1:3 defeat against Manchester United – even though the initial situation after a 2:0 victory in the first leg was excellent. A second Time were disappointed to the big ambitions of the Qatari investors, who have taken over the club at the beginning of the decade. So French press, judge not according to the surprising.
Le Parisien : “Thomas Tuchel is it a slap in the face. The German coach, who had prepared for the first leg so well tactically, was betrayed by his players, through the fault of the sweepers, and Buffon. The German Coach has not found the words and the necessary changes during the break to his team to inspire and bring together. On the contrary, the second half of the ärmlichere of the two half-times, Wednesday evening, were denied by PSG. Tuchel still has a second year, and it seems that this will not change. But the German Coach, who had mastered since taking office, almost everything, is facing its first major Problem after the elimination in the League Cup.“
Libération : “Tuchel has resigned, in may, a Two-year contract signed with the clear goal to achieve better results than Carlo Ancelotti, Laurent Blanc (in the quarterfinals) and Unai excreted Emery (twice in the first round), his predecessor in the Qatari Era. Under Tuchel’s leadership, PSG seemed to be a Golden spring promised, after a Sunny Winter with prestigious Successes like the one against Liverpool in the group stage and on the lawn of Manchester United, 2:0 in the first leg. But as Emery against Barcelona, he suffered a deadly race to catch up.“
Le Monde: “for The third Time in a row, not to see PSG in the Qatari Version of the quarter-finals of the Champions League. In the Era of the Italian Coach Carlo Ancelotti (2012-2013) and Laurent Blanc (2013-2016) was the club, it is still usual, in the quarter-finals, to participate and to be among the dignitaries of the old continent. […] Of the Ex-coach of Borussia Dortmund has not managed to break the curse, the glass wall, the limit of the ambitions of the Qataris.“
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Le Figaro: “Thomas Tuchel seemed like a hit, almost sunken man. […] With regard to the field of play, he bears a large part of the responsibility. This is the cruel fate of the coach. There are many questions that need to be asked and perhaps even debated. The nomination of Buffon, instead of Areolas? Why was allowed to Thilo Kehrer for so long on the field? What is the Position of Dani Alves at the end of the encounter? How to explain the ineffectiveness of PSG against a B-team of Manchester United in the second half? Tuchel will have to say in the next few days.“
