Villas-Boas: «Tuchel told me ‘you should play the lottery’. I answered with Atalanta »- France

André Villas Boas underlined Marseille’s historic achievement by beating Paris Saint Germain (0-1) in Parque dos Princes, ten years after the last victory.

“They have been dominating for 10 years, but that cost them more than 1,000 million euros. They want to win the Champions League, but they have not yet achieved it,” said the coach at the end of the match. The game was hot, with five expulsions, and Villas Boas was even provoked by Thomas Tuchel at the end. “Tuchel turned to me and said: ‘You should play the lottery.’ I replied, ‘Did you play the lottery before the game with Atalanta?’. But I have a lot of respect for him,” said AVB, referring to the triumph suffered. . of PSG in the last Champions League, against the Italians, in which the Frenchman turned around in the discounts and won 2-1.

Asked about the Accusations of racism that Neymar made to Álvaro GonzálezVillas-Boas admitted not noticing and also recalled Di María’s attitude towards Spanish. “There is no place for racism in football, I hope nothing happens and it would be serious if it did, but I don’t think so. And there is a spit of Di María. It must be avoided …”, said the Portuguese coach , who sent a message to the Brazilian and the Argentine: “I want to congratulate both of them, who came from a problem [Covid-19) e estiveram em excelente nível.”