Achraf Hakimi, 26-year-old right-sided piston of Paris Saint-Germain, stopped by the mixed zone after the 4-2 victory over Manchester City (video summary PSG/Manchester City) this Wednesday at the Parc des Princes as part of Day 7 of the Champions League 2024-2025 league phase. He spoke of his team’s strength.
Hakimi “we need a win like this.”
A great PSG match today ?
Yes, but it’s not just today. I think that since the start of the season we’ve played some great games. The only thing missing was the goals we scored today. In the other games, we weren’t so lucky.
I know we put in a great performance against Atlético Madrid and didn’t take the win, and against PSV too. This time, we were lucky, and we’re very happy with the win, we need a win like that.
Hakimi: “We always believed it was possible to go one better.”
What did Guardiola say to you ?
He congratulated me, and said we’d played a great match and had a great team. I wanted to congratulate him and his team, who also put in a great performance. It’s an incredible team, with incredible players and a coach that everyone knows.
We played a big game, which we needed to do against a team like that, and we took the win.
A great reaction after the 0-2 draw at a difficult time ?
Yes, it wasn’t easy after the 0-2 scoreline. Some teams give up, but we didn’t. We showed that we’re scared. We showed that we’re not afraid of anything and that we had to keep going. The 1-2 gave us strength, and we always believed it was possible to come back.
