Marquinhos stated Paris Saint-Germain have been “disgusted” after their Coupe de France defeat to rivals Marseille.
PSG went down 2-1 at Stade Velodrome on Wednesday, with Ruslan Malinovskiy’s second-half stunner sealing a memorable, deserved triumph for the hosts.
It was Marseille’s first dwelling win in a Classique since November 2011, whereas they’re now arguably favourites to go on and win the competitors they final gained in 1989.
Marseille went forward by means of Alexis Sanchez’s first-half penalty, although Sergio Ramos restored parity earlier than the interval. The defender thought he had equalised once more in second-half stoppage time, however the offside flag prevented the tie from going to penalties.
Captain Marquinhos noticed no excuses for PSG’s show.
“We missed issues, it’s time to close our mouths,” he informed beIN SPORTS.
“We all know we now have to enhance lots if we need to do good issues this season. A title that’s going away, it hurts. We’re disgusted.”
Chatting with France 3, he added: “We knew they’d do a number of urgent. We didn’t handle to cross their traces any quicker. We made just a few errors that value us dearly.
“We all know what we have to enhance. It’s a defeat that hurts as a result of it’s a cup match towards our nice rival. We wished to return to Paris with victory and qualification.
“We have now to do higher, proceed to work and go ahead.”
Whereas Christophe Galtier acknowledged his aspect have been struggling to take care of the defeat, he resisted the urge to hurry to conclusions within the quick aftermath.
“It’s a giant disappointment. The Coupe de France was one in all our targets,” he stated. “We have been crushed by an important Marseille staff. It was troublesome. As soon as behind, we created only a few beneficial conditions.
“Within the preparation for this match, there was the ambition to qualify.
“We should study classes from this match. We didn’t have sufficient possibilities within the second half, we now have to be extra harmful.
“The gamers are disillusioned, overwhelmed. It’s not the time to speak angrily, we now have to maintain working, give attention to ourselves.”
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Whereas PSG’s focus shall be on bouncing again in Ligue 1 earlier than turning their consideration to a Champions League assembly with Bayern, Marseille can stay up for a quarter-final.
“We had all the pieces at present, the followers have been distinctive, it was an distinctive match,” Marseille midfielder Matteo Guendouzi stated to beIN SPORTS.
“It’s a Classique that we wished to win, we deserve this victory. At first of season it was a bit difficult, we modified our philosophy so it took time to adapt.
“Now everybody understands. Towards PSG or any staff, we’re not afraid to press excessive. We’re bodily prepared.”
Marseille had 15 photographs and completed with an anticipated targets (xG) of 1.9 to PSG’s 0.8.
Of these 15 makes an attempt, 12 got here within the first half – the final time PSG allowed as many photographs at their aim within the opening 45 minutes of a match was in a Champions League conflict with Bayern in 2021.
Requested if Kylian Mbappe’s absence by means of damage gave Marseille the arrogance to press additional up the pitch, Guendouzi replied: “No, as we now have seen, within the first recreation [against PSG, a 1-0 Ligue 1 defeat in October] we went very excessive.
“We have now confidence in ourselves, confidence in our defenders. There are nonetheless a number of matches earlier than happening to win this Coupe de France. It’s a staff that can go along with coronary heart.”
