Paris SG French striker Kylian Mbappé said on Wednesday after the victory (2-0) against Real Sociedad in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League that there was “still a lot of work to do” to reach the quarterfinals. .
“In the first half we had difficulty getting out of the pressing, we could have put more personality because we had numerical superiority in our camp, we should have done a little better. But it’s part of this team’s learning,” explained the No.7, scorer from a corner (58th) and elected man of the match, at the microphone of Canal.
“We started badly (…), the coach woke us up at half-time and gave more instructions and we managed to apply them well,” Bradley Barcola said on RMC radio.
Captain Marquinhos confirmed his comments on Canal: “we spoke at half-time, the coach pulled our ears, and it was useful. He was very angry, he always told us the truth, he motivated us a lot to have this personality to get the ball out and create spaces by skipping their pressure.
“In the second half we came back with more conviction and quality on what we wanted to do in the build-up. We managed to score at key moments,” said Mbappé, “happy with this first stage”.
“We have a significant advantage, but there is still a lot of work to do” to qualify for the quarterfinals after two eliminations in the eighth in the last two editions, he warned, before the return match on the 5th. March in Spain. He also praised the Parisian defense: “we are looking for this performance defensively against a team which has not scored in recent matches”.
At the end of his contract next June at PSG, free to sign wherever he wishes and expected to join Real Madrid, the French star was not questioned on the subject.
