Paris Saint-Germain club leaders have never experienced such shame - for the first time since 2000, PSG lost in the Ligue 1 championship by conceding five goals. The Parisians were punished by the Sedan club, which competes in the fourth country's league.
PSG repeated this anti-record in Sunday's match against Lille. Parisians could have secured the Ligue 1 champion title even with a draw, but the match turned out to be not a celebration of champions, but a real disaster.
For a long time playing with ten players, PSG lost by a score of 1:5. Neither Thomas Tuchel nor the team players could restrain their anger, blaming the match referee for this tragedy.
"It's easy to say that we lacked character. We started the match with four goals - two ours and two from the sideline. Lille did not create anything similar," Tuchel said.
"Later we were left to play with ten, which always complicates the match. We played with those players who were not feeling completely healthy and should not have been on the field. It's incomprehensible that we only have 16 players. This defeat shows something more. We have so many losses. In order to win matches here, you need a lot more quality.
Looking at the circumstances, these were not very bad matches for us. I want to protect my players. It is always difficult to play with ten. I don't think we are capable of winning the next match against Nantes. I don't know, maybe we will have to travel with 13 players.
These matches just show the incredible work we have done this season. We are missing players like Lassana Diarra and Adrien Rabiot. Everyone sees that. I intend to talk about it with the president. Nobody talked about it until we won. Now everyone will have to start thinking about it," Tuchel said in anger.
Kylian Mbappe and Julian Draxler also couldn't control their anger as they headed into the dressing room. Even PSG team leader Nasseras Al-Khelaifi had complaints for the referee.
(Benoît Bastien refereed tonight & PSG's Coupe de la Ligue exit vs. Guingamp earlier this season. Kylian Mbappé: "This referee takes the Coupe de la Ligue from us, he takes our players from us, he takes everything." (J + 1))
