Tuchel: “We are here to beat Bayern”

Thomas Tuchel appeared at a press conference before facing the most important match of his career. The PSG coach can become the first to win the Champions League with the Parisians and, as he said, they will do everything possible to beat Bayern today, which the German knows well from his time at Borussia Dortmund.

Q. Will Verratti and Keylor make it to the game?

Verratti trained with us after the game against Leipzig without a problem. Yesterday he trained perfectly. Keylor is something very different, he is going to train for the first time with his teammates since his injury and we will make a decision about it. Verratti's injury is a muscle pain, he will not take a great risk if he plays tomorrow, it is a muscular issue, it is not the same as what happened to Mbappé with his ankle. We will decide in the morning if he plays, but he is not there to play 90 or 120 minutes.

Q. How do you handle playing against a team that has won 28 of the last 29 games?

It is a match that we face with great respect. Tomorrow we have to play a perfect game in attack and defense and we have to adapt to small details. But we will play the same game as in the entire Champions League, we face it with the same intensity as one in Ligue 1. They are a very strong team, they have individual quality, intensity, it will be difficult, but it is a final. In my opinion, in a final you have to find a balance between trust and finding clear situations.

Q. How do you prepare for tomorrow's game?

We have prepared the game in the same way as against Atalanta and Leipzig. It is the way we have to prepare a game like this. Yesterday, I showed my players some images of Bayern to prepare them tactically. It is a final between two very competitive teams.

P. Bayern have played 11 Champions League finals, do you feel that you can score the final?

We have Neymar, Keylor, Di María, who are very good in competition. I have the same opinion as before. Bayern are more used to playing these finals, and they are favorites, but it is a small advantage, it will not be the most important tomorrow. We are here deservedly and now our challenge is to play a great game against them.