Paris Saint-Germain must accept the harsh reality after stalled in the last 16 of the Champions League. PSG star, Neymar, admitted sad to see his team out of Real Madrid.
Entertain Madrid at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday March 7, 2018 early morning hrs, PSG in lagging conditions 1-3 in the first leg. Playing without Neymar who was injured, PSG really difficult to penetrate the Los Blancos defense.
PSG even missed the first goal by Cristiano Ronaldo at the beginning of the second half. In this lagging position, PSG should instead lose Marco Verratti is rewarded a red card.
But the home side finally equalized through Edinson Cavani's goal. Unfortunately, Madrid then winning again through Casemiro and ensure themselves into the quarterfinals with a 5-2 aggregate.
Pupusnya PSG hopes to win Champions League this season, it became a severe blow. Therefore, PSG has poured a lot of funds to bring in players, such as Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
Not to mention the change of coach from Laurent Blanc to Unai Emery. Seeing the condition of his team, Neymar admitted sadly. But he also continued to cast praise for the hard work of his team-mates against the defending champion.
"I'm saddened by that defeat, it's much sadder not being on the field to help my teammates! All I'm proud of is seeing everyone's effort ALLEZ PARIS," Neymar wrote on his Twitter account.