Real Sociedad coach Imanol Alguacil didn’t mince his words after Kylian Mbappé’s opening goal for PSG. He singled out one of his players for criticism.
Mbappé’s goal changed everything. PSG finally woke up after 50 minutes of dormancy. However, for coach Imanol Alguacil, the culprit was someone who wasn’t even on the field. « We gifted them the first goal, and we lost the thread of the match. In a game like this, it’s unacceptable. You can imagine my anger over the first goal. »
At that moment, right-back Hamari Traoré left his team with ten men due to a muscular injury. « I can’t understand our player’s substitution at that moment. If you leave like that, you’re abandoning your team. If you do, it means you need to go to the hospital. And that wasn’t the case, so the player left the match. »
« It’s a shame because even Luis Enrique told me that we caused them significant problems, but at this level, you can’t afford to give gifts. But personally, I’ll dream before the return leg. We could have paid an even higher price. Seeing the first half, it’s a poor result. But looking at the second half, we almost got out of it well. Let’s stay positive… The goal conditioned the rest. It was a balanced match, we held our own, which is already a lot, and we had our chances. We were doing a great job to stop them, not just Mbappé. Even Luis Enrique told me that we made them suffer. That should be taken into account. »
