Paris Saint-Germain and Auxerre faced off this Friday at the Stade Abbé-Deschamps as part of Matchday 19 of the 2025-2026 Ligue 1 season. The match ended in a 1-0 victory for PSG. After the match, Auxerre coach Christophe Pélissier spoke at a press conference.
Pélissier: “When a scenario like tonight’s happens again, there’s a lot of frustration and disappointment.”
A match that’s hard to swallow?
It would be the first time, we could be happy with our performance. But when a scenario like tonight’s happens again, there’s a lot of frustration and disappointment. Dono (Donovan León, the goalkeeper) kept us in the game. When you see that Paris didn’t score from their chances, you realize there’s an opportunity. Then we made an incredibly naive mistake, taking a corner with 10 minutes to go. We all rushed forward, there was no cover. Against a team like that, you get killed. There’s a lot of disappointment.
Pélissier: “We’ve already lost in unbelievable situations. I’m angry.”
How do you explain this situation?
The ball came back, we pushed forward into the box, we might want to win. But you need to think things through, we’re paying the price for our youth. Except we’re not paying to learn, it’s not the first time. We’ve already lost in unbelievable situations. I’m angry.
A lack of luck?
It’s not a lack of luck, it’s simply naivety. We’ve had luck before. That’s not what happened tonight.
Pélissier: “We can’t get a shot on target.” “
Is it impossible to guide the players on the corner?
I’m not on the pitch, they can’t hear me. That’s why I’m frustrated. There are times when you have to… They get carried away. There have been situations where Paris didn’t score. The defeat is tough, even if, fundamentally, it wasn’t a match where we expected much. If they had scored earlier, we wouldn’t have said anything. But here, we’re making incredible efforts, but there’s a lack of naivety. You also have to get your shots on target to score, and we can’t get a shot on target. It’s difficult.
Pélissier: ‘In our position, all the opponents are better than us.’
A tough blow for what’s to come?
When you’re in this position, you lack a bit of confidence. It also means you can’t convert your chances. We have to stay focused on the objective. We’ve played against Lens and PSG, there are 15 more to go.” If we can’t win, it means we don’t belong in Ligue 1. We have to get the points. Where we are, all our opponents are better than us. So, we’ll have big challenges every weekend.
