Sporting Portugal v PSG: Marquinhos sends out a strong message

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·21 de janeiro de 2026

Sporting Portugal v PSG: Marquinhos sends out a strong message

This Tuesday, Paris Saint-Germain made their return to the Champions League to face Sporting Portugal and lost 2-1 (video summary here) as part of the 7th day of the group stages. Speaking to PSG TV, Marquinhos, the 31-year-old defender, reflected on this defeat after the match.

Marquinhos "we have enough experience to digest this together"

"A defeat inevitably causes frustration. We are competitors, we always want to win. It’s a difficult moment when we lose a match, but we have enough experience to digest this together and think carefully about what we need to improve. We have things to improve, right after the match we talk, we debrief, we discuss together. I think we have a fairly young team but we are aware of how we won last year, and it's to those standards that we must return. It’s with work, communication, and the friendship we have in the locker room that we will get through moments like this."

Marquinhos "We have a coach who is demanding with us"

"We still have everything to play for in this Champions League, we are well placed, in the league we are fighting for 1st place, the Coupe de France is unfortunate as we are eliminated but even in difficult times we get our heads straight and we know we still have everything to play for. It’s in moments like this that we question ourselves to improve things, and that’s how we will move forward. We have a coach who is demanding with us, we are also very demanding with ourselves. We are competitors, we want to win and we will move forward like this."

A bitter defeat for the Parisians who have not found success for several weeks now. Very dominant, they created many chances without managing to take the lead in the score.

Vídeos OneFootball

This Sporting Portugal team, playing at home, had every reason to keep believing and was right to do so. Unfortunately, in football, everything can change very quickly. And while PSG could have easily won, they ultimately found themselves trailing 2-1 without being able to equalize.

A defeat that hurts mentally, especially as it comes just days after elimination from the Coupe de France. But they will need to quickly regroup to tackle the upcoming challenges, notably this final match against Newcastle at the Parc des Princes, crucial for qualification.

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