Paris Saint-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel has defended strikers Neymar and Kylian Mbappe after failing to find it in the last Champions League 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich.
The French champions missed their chances and ran after the break out of steam and ideas, with former youth academy graduate Kingsley Coman leaving the club in 2014 as a free agent to join Juventus, the winner just before the hour.
Neymar and Mbappe, recruited for a combined € 400 million, did not score in the “Final Eight” tournament in Lisbon despite 23 shots between them. Tuchel, however, denied the guilt of one of the pairs for the defeat.
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“Neymar has had a great tournament, he can not do everything,” said the German.
“Mbappe, it’s a miracle he was with us after he had a serious hand [ankle] injury [in July]. “
Marquinhos reflected the feelings of his coach, adding that he was proud of the progress Les Parisiens had made this season.
“We are a team, it is not the fault of every individual,” Marquinhos said. “We have to be proud of our team.
“Nobody thought we would do well in this campaign. We’m disappointed because we wanted more, but we have to keep going, make sacrifices, work for each other. We have to think about the next campaign and see what we can do better. . “
“Right now it’s hard to sleep, it’s hard to speak, it’s hard to explain,” added disappointed midfielder Ander Herrera.
“But, from this morning, at least myself, and I’m sure my teammates too, we’ll start again. We’ve built something very, very important for the club.”
Tuchel said the exciting finale could have gone both ways.
“It was a fight. We gave everything, we left our hearts, everything, on the field. You can not control the result,” he added.
“I had the feeling that the first goal would decide the final. I am disappointed, but not too much. We were very, very close.
“What did we have to win? The first goal. If we had the first goal, we would win the game with the same scoreline.”
Asked if he would still be in the lead next season, he said: “I have a contract that is all I can say.”
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