Paris Saint-Germain boss Laurent Blanc believes his side lacked experience when compared to Barcelona, which led to their Champions League exit.
The Parisians suffered a 2-0 defeat at the Nou Camp last night in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie, which handed the keys to the last four of the competition to Barcelona.
The away side were already on the back foot in the tie as they lost the first leg at home but two goals from Neymar before the break killed any hopes that they had of making a comeback against Barcelona.
Blanc was disappointed and said that PSG were hoping to make more of a match out of it in the second leg but Barcelona were just too good for them in the tie.
“We'd hoped to play better but Barcelona didn't let us, just as they didn't let us in the first leg”, Blanc told UEFA.
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“Barcelona deserve to go through. We didn't do enough to earn that ticket to the semis.”
The Frenchman said that they overcame Chelsea in their last 16 tie because they had more experience but when it came to Barcelona, his players were up against players who know how to win big games in Europe regularly and that lack of experience showed on the pitch.
However, despite the bad result the PSG boss is confident that his side will learn from the chastising experience and move forward as a team.
“I can analyse why we haven't qualified: because Barcelona scored five goals. We beat Chelsea and that was amazing but not enough to stay in the competition. We had more experience than our opponents then,
“But tonight we lacked experience compared with Barcelona.
“Everyone wants fast results but Paris will move forward given a positive mentality and time.”
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