João Neves, the 21-year-old Paris Saint-Germain midfielder, stopped in the mixed zone after the 2-2 draw against AS Monaco this Wednesday at the Parc des Princes in the second leg of the 2025-2026 Champions League playoffs (5-4 on aggregate).
Neves: “We’re going to grow as a team.”
A hard-fought qualification?
It was a difficult match. We’re talking about Monaco, a great team, and I think we were better, even though we only drew. In a match like that, if you play it several times, you score more goals.
You’ve qualified, but we still get the feeling that something’s missing?
I don’t know, we’ll see on Thursday. The coach will tell us during the week what we can improve. I think we played a good match, maybe not our best. But that’s how it is, that’s football. There are difficult matches like today’s, but we’ll grow as a team.
Neves: “We’ll look at our mistakes and improve.”
What lesson can we learn for the rest of the competition?
It’s like any other match. There are difficulties, and that’s how we grow. We’ll look at our mistakes and improve. We played well, not very well.
Are you afraid during the match?
No, not at all. There’s time, we’re never afraid during a match. It’s PSG.
Was Luis Enrique angry at halftime?
No, not at all. He was happy, but he was hoping for more goals. With an extra player, it would have been easier. But at halftime, he told us what we need to do better.
