Paris Saint-Germain and Angers faced off this Saturday at the Stade Raymond Kopa as part of Matchday 31 of the 2025-2026 Ligue 1 season. The match ended in a 3-0 victory for PSG. After the game, Angers coach Alexandre Dujeux spoke to Ligue1+.
Dujeux: “I don’t blame the players.”
Was the task too daunting for Angers?
Listen, yes. PSG is stronger than us, that’s no surprise. We conceded a goal too early, and we were decimated tonight. Naturally, we had to do everything right to have a chance of succeeding. We conceded an early goal and scored, but there was an offside call, and things didn’t necessarily go our way. And we lost 3-0, that’s how it is. I don’t blame the players, obviously there are things to analyze and improve, but that’s how it is. We lost against PSG and in a way, it’s understandable.
Dujeux: “Everything had to go our way.”
You wanted to attack in the spaces, we really felt that during the match…
Yes, that’s what we wanted because they have a very strong counter-press; we have to play in behind, otherwise we lose the ball almost immediately. Our idea, and the power we can have on the wings, was to create danger as quickly as possible by trying to get around them and cross behind their defense. That’s what we did on the disallowed goal. But, for us, everything had to go our way, and it didn’t.
Dujeux: “We’re not going to cry about it.” “
We’ve seen goals awarded for the same reasons the goal was disallowed tonight. Isn’t that frustrating?
That’s how it is. It’s the referee’s interpretation, and we’re not going to argue about it all the time. It’s not some kind of favor; that’s just how it is. We’re not going to complain, we’re not going to cry about it; that’s not my style. We have to accept it, but it’s still cruel and frustrating.
The game was still open at that point.
PSG could have come back and kept scoring, but for us, it would have given us confidence. When you score a goal and then equalize, it gives you an extra boost of energy, and we didn’t have that.”
