PSG v Auxerre: Pélissier highlights the frustration and the lesson

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·28 September 2025

PSG v Auxerre: Pélissier highlights the frustration and the lesson

Paris Saint-Germain and Auxerre faced each other this Saturday at the Parc des Princes as part of the 6th matchday of Ligue 1 2025-2026. A match that ended with a Parisian victory 2-0 (video highlights PSG/Auxerre). After this match, Auxerre’s coach Christophe Pélissier spoke at a press conference.

Pélissier: "We needed to be much more ambitious and attacking."

"The frustration is there. In preparing for the match, I asked the players to be ambitious in our play, in our ball recovery. We were too passive in that regard in the first half. We were recovering the ball deep, and against a team like PSG, which has extraordinary counter-pressing, it was hard to get out and create chances. We started to have some in the last quarter of an hour before halftime. I told the players at halftime that we needed to be much more ambitious and attacking, because I felt like we were a bit on our tiptoes. The second half satisfies me much more than the first."

Pélissier: "When you come here, you learn."

The frustration is losing a match without conceding a lot of chances, but losing it on a set piece. When you come here, you learn, facing teams, players, a coach of this level, the best in the world... Everyone learns: the players, the staff, myself. We are on the right path because we are a team that wants to play whenever we can. We need to be more ambitious in the way we defend," he said, as reported by Ici.

It’s understandable that the defeat is a bit tough against a PSG that struggled to be truly dangerous in open play, even if they managed to create a few scares. The possession was there, perhaps a bit too much for the taste of the Auxerre coach. It must be said that his team spent a while waiting and indeed lacked ambition.

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Auxerre eventually came out more and managed to put the Parisians in trouble at times. However, Paris remained fairly calm and used set pieces to unlock the situation. It’s tough for Auxerre, because these are situations where the difference in talent seems to matter a bit less. Nevertheless, it’s not just luck either. It’s a real phase of play.

This is also part of the learning process, with the need to stay focused at all times to maintain coordination. For Auxerre, there’s nothing “serious” about losing at the Parc des Princes. Even if it’s never pleasant, of course. The main thing is to know how to learn from defeat in order to better approach the next matches.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.