Paris Saint-Germain and Atlético Madrid faced off this Sunday at the Rose Bowl Stadium as part of Day 1 of the 2025 World Cup. The match ended in a 4-0 Parisian victory (video highlights PSG/Atlético Madrid). After the match, Spanish midfielder Koke (33) spoke to DAZN.
Koke “We all saw what happened, the little details, it always fell on the same side.”
Any explanation for this result?
The team started well, but we know the level of PSG, and it’s not for nothing that they’re European champions. We knew it was going to be a very difficult match, but for me, the result, 4-0, isn’t fair. We could have equalised at 1-1 thanks to Antoine Griezmann’s strike, but it was 2-0. It’s a real blow. The team tried to push forward and we created chances.
We even scored the 2-1, but he called it off with a foul: if he wants to whistle it, he’ll whistle it, and if he doesn’t whistle it, he won’t whistle it. We all saw what happened, the little details, it always came down to the same thing.
But PSG are honest winners, and given their level, they were better. Well done to them. We need to push harder, as we did in the second half, when we saw a different team, one that wanted the ball, that attacked… we made our opponents uncomfortable. The red card killed us.
7 fouls, 7 yellow cards?
You’ve all seen it. Some are yellow cards, some aren’t, but that’s how it always goes…”
