After losing the first leg 0-1, Paris Saint-Germain faced Liverpool in the second leg of their Champions League Round of 8 tie on Tuesday (0-1, 1-4 on penalties). Speaking to PSG TV, Paris Saint-Germain defender and captain Marquinhos spoke of his side’s qualification for the Champions League quarter-finals.
Marquinhos “We’re going to celebrate today and keep working”
“It’s huge. It’s a great feeling. Coming here, to Anfield, you know the strength of this Liverpool team and the atmosphere… Plus when you come here and get a result you deserve, it’s really pleasing. As I said, it could have been a final, a semi-final, but it was a round of 16.
There’s still a lot of work to be done. We’re going to celebrate today and keep on working because we still have a lot of things to improve. I think that for the next Champions League fixtures, we can still grow a lot.”
A magnificent and well-deserved qualification for PSG, who both dominated and suffered during this double confrontation. The second leg, and in particular the second half, was a real torture for Parisian fans. Everyone felt that the match could swing either way at any moment.
At times, the Parisians benefited from a touch of luck that enabled them to reach the penalty shoot-out. A historic first for PSG, who had never qualified in this way before. The madness and drama of the first leg, the tension of the second. This double confrontation lived up to all expectations, and it was a joy to see it finally end in the Red and Blue’s favor.
