As part of Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Paris Saint-Germain hosted Bayern Munich this Tuesday at the Parc des Princes (1–2). After the game, Lucas Chevalier, the 23-year-old PSG goalkeeper, spoke to PSG TV about the defeat and the team’s current situation.
Chevalier: “We played the most in-form team at the moment.”
“You could feel it right from the start — it was a game with a lot of intensity and space, and there was danger coming from everywhere. I think we paid the price for a few small lapses in focus, and that’s how we conceded both goals. Then the red card changed the game a bit, it made things easier for us as Bayern dropped deeper and started defending more.
In the end, we’re frustrated because we felt we could have scored that second goal. But once we analyze it calmly, we’ll realize there were still a lot of things missing in the first half. Anyway, we played the most in-form team right now, and it’s better to drop points at this stage of the season, learn from it, and make sure it pays off later on.”
Chevalier: “We have to stay calm, trust ourselves, and everything will be fine.”
“That’s football — sometimes even if we’d played a perfect game, we might still have lost. You have to accept that. João’s header goes just wide of the post… football comes down to fine margins. Everyone will have a different view of the game.
We have to stay confident — we played against a very, very good team. We’ll keep working. We also need to remember that at this stage last season, the club was struggling, and that didn’t stop us from winning the competition. So we have to stay calm, trust ourselves, and everything will be fine.”
At this point in the season, there’s no reason for concern in Paris. This slight dip in form was expected, especially after the exhausting and historic campaign the club went through last year. With 16 wins in 16 games, Bayern Munich are currently Europe’s most dominant team — facing them now is actually valuable experience, showing that even a depleted PSG side can still compete.
The priority now is securing qualification for the knockout stage. Beyond that, PSG’s main goal is to get their key players back to full fitness. The real test will come in the spring, when Luis Enrique’s side — last year’s best team in Europe — will aim to peak once again.
