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Al-Khelaifi explodes after PSG's defeat in the Champions League

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By Wilson Florez

May 8, 2024, 11:07 AM EDT

He Paris Saint-Germain accumulates a new disappointment in the UEFA Champions League. The French team With the aggregate 0-2, the French were eliminated from the Champions League. Nasser Al-Khelaifi offered statements after the match and showed his lack of patience.

The president of PSG has made million-dollar investments since he arrived at the club and has not been able to obtain the long-awaited continental trophy. This time it got out of hand again after the duel against Dortmund.

Faced with this new disappointment, a journalist in the mixed zone decided to ask Al-Khelaifi about the continuity of Luis Enrique at the helm of the club. The leader was offended by the question. “But what a question that is. You don’t understand football or what?”asked the club president, visibly upset.

Disappointment at PSG

A little calmer, Nasser Al-Khelaifi offered his thoughts on the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. The president of PSG believes that his club deserved a better resultas they generated many scoring chances during the series.

“We are very disappointed with the result. We are sad, we deserved more. We shot the posts four times, twice last week… The ball didn’t want to go in. The players and the coach have given everything. Congratulations to Dortmund, we deserved more. It’s a difficult game“he explained.

Despite this new fall, Al Khelaifi was quite optimistic with what the club has shown in this Champions League. The president of the French team was pleased with the results obtained when taking into account that A large part of their squad is made up of very young players.

“We thought we were going to the final and we are disappointed for ourselves and for the fans. […] I am proud of my team, the youngest in Europe. We have reached the semi-finals three times in five years. That is not our goal, it is still the final. TOYes it is football, you have to accept it and sometimes it is not fair“he added.

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