Former Barcelona player Neymar, chosen by the UEFA MVP for the quarterfinal match between his Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Atalanta, praised the Italian team, which was close to the semi-final and said that “they play very well and must be satisfied with what you have achieved ”. But Neymar added that “I never thought that we would have to go home, nothing will make me stop thinking that we will be in the final, it was impossible to think that we would be eliminated.” In the semifinals, PSG will face the winner of this Thursday's match between Leipzig and Atlético.
“It was tough, but we are a great team, a great family,” said Neymar after helping PSG reach the Champions League semi-finals 25 years later, since 1995 (the second in the history of the French club). Thomas Tuchel's team beat Atalanta 2-1 on Wednesday, who had advanced in minute 3 thanks to a goal from Pasalic.
Neymar's match against Atalanta
Neymar, who won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2015, said that Atalanta “is the revelation team of this Champions League, they play very well, they are aggressive, they put pressure in all areas, they played a great game.” The goals of Marquinhos and Choupo-Moting manufactured by Neymar and Mbappé saved in extremis another failure of the French team, which for the second time will play in the Champions semi-finals, the first under Qatari ownership since 2011.