Special correspondent in Dortmund
His analysis of the match and his choice not to play Ramos “It is us, the coaches, who make a decision. Before judging the changes, we must judge the match between two teams who played well. If I had been told that I was going to have so many chances (goal situations), I would have signed straight away. Dortmund scored one more goal than us in the match but we were equal in the game in my opinion. We didn’t make any tactical changes after the break. Players are not robots or machines. During the first half, we lacked intensity, it was better after the locker room. Against a rival of this level, in an atmosphere like that, we were not incisive enough. Dortmund tried to counter-attack in the second half, I can’t fault the state of mind of my players. This has nothing to do with tactics. We had chances to equalize but we couldn’t take it. »
The atmosphere in Dortmund and his view on the return match “I am sure that this is the first time that Borussia will play a Champions League semi-final return away and we are going to play the return at home. home for the first time is a different scenario. We have nothing left to lose, and we will try to win this match. The atmosphere this evening (Wednesday) was exceptional, whether it was the supporters of Dortmund and PSG who made noise. At the Parc des Princes, it will be different but I think it will be an open match.
His pre-match instructions: “Our objective was very clearly to press them when they had the ball in midfield. Dortmund is a team that has two ways of playing, long balls on Füllkrug and also short restarts. We tried not to allow long balls. It was very tight. We lacked offensive intensity in the first half and it was better afterwards. »
The return match at the Parc des Princes “There were 4,000 Parisian fans who sang throughout the match, in Paris (next Tuesday) there will be 47,000. We want to make our supporters proud, we have nothing left to lose and we will go for this final.
