The Parisian club reached the round of 16 of the Champions League, playing a draw with Borussia Dortmund in Westfalen in the last round of the group stage. Everything will quickly fade into oblivion, except Kylian Mbappe’s frustration. The first star of the team left the stadium disappointed, to put it mildly. An unhappy face, a short greeting to the fans and straight to the bus. His mind was occupied by one question: Is it possible that Paris Saint-Germain is defending and retreating when they can attack the first place in the group?! The French superstar did not like the tactics at the end.UCL: What a roller-coaster! AC Milan turn it around to stay in Europe, PSG survive while Newcastle end their international odysseyWarren Zaire Emery neutralized Karim Adeyemi’s goal; Borussia Dortmund no longer had an advantage and could have remained without first place. Therefore, a privileged status in the draw. Kylian Mbappe’s goal was disallowed for offside; he was eager to play, and instead, the directive came for the Saints to withdraw. It was commanded by Luis Enrique. But if the Millionaires from Westphalia had scored a second goal, Paris Saint-Germain would have missed the knockout stage of the Champions League. They could have reached first place but also dropped out. Kylian Mbappe didn’t like the approach, and Luis Enrique tried to relax the situation after the game.Despite PSG qualifying to the knockout stages, Mbappé was not pleased with the performance in Dortmund. pic.twitter.com/AXbjsYQLt3— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) December 14, 2023 “It is normal for the players to be frustrated. We had five chances to score. Five! We would have looked stupid if we conceded a goal in the 85th minute. When a player is frustrated, my job is to take the risk, manage the situation and reduce the tension. I like the attitude of my players. When we found out that Milan had scored, that changed things. We decided to hold the ball, not to take too many risks” said the Spaniard. 50 – Kylian Mbappé was involved in the most shot-ending sequences in this year’s UEFA Champions League group stage, while he also had the highest xG sequence involvement (8.7) of any player. Force. pic.twitter.com/n7ALhP3rzV— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 14, 2023 Luis Enrique is not happy that Paris Saint-Germain missed the opportunity to be first, but that second place is not to be thrown away either.”We had to win, but in such a difficult group, being second is good”The Americans bought a “small part” of PSG for half a billion euros!Former Arsenal and France player Emmanuel Pettit was full of consideration for Mbappe. “I understand his frustration. Instructions from the bench would be unclear to me too. We saw people on the bench stand up and right after that Ashraf Hakimi told his teammates to calm down. Mbappe doesn’t think like most players and he’s right! We know his ambitions. He never wants to be second, if there is a possibility to be be first,” Pettit said.UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE – ROUND 6Thursday20:45: (2.25) LASK (3.50) Toulouse (3.35)20:45: (2.90) St.Gilloise (3.60) Liverpool (2.50)20:45: (1.70) Panathinaikos (3.80) Maccabi Haifa (5.60)20:45: (2.20) Rennes (3.50) Villareal (3.45)20:45: (1.15) Roma (7.75) Sheriff Tiraspol (19.0)20:45: (1.35) Slavia Praha (5.30) Servette (10.5)20:45: (1.40) Leverkusen (5.30) Molde (8.00)20:45: (1.32) Qarabag (6.00) Hacken (10.0)23:00: (1.30) Olympiakos (5.50) TSC Backa Topola (10.0)23:00: (1.80) West Ham (3.70) Freiburg (5.00)23:00: (2.05) Ajax (3.50) AEK (3.50)23:00: (1.70) Brighton (4.10) Olympique Marseille (5.20)23:00: (4.40) Aris Limmasol (3.70) Sparta Praha (1.90)23:00: (1.85) Betis (3.70) Rangers (4.70)23:00: (2.65) Rakow (3.40) Atalanta (2.80)23:00: (1.70) Sporting (3.60) Sturm (5.30)***odds are subject to change***
