After the Champions League semi-finals, Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique summed up the reasons for the exit: "You need to score goals to win the game, not to hit the woodwork. "The Champions League semi-final hit the post six times in two legs, leaving Paris out of the tournament.
Over the two legs against Borussia Dortmund, Paris had 44 shots, seven of which were on target, hitting the woodwork six times, and only scored one goal against an expected goal of 4.8.
In the first leg, Mbappe and Achraf hit the goal frame one after another. Back at home, the luck of Grand Paris was even worse, Emery, Mendes, Vitinha, and Mbappe hit the goal frame one after another, among them, Mbappe hit the goal frame with a push shot in the small penalty area when no one was marked.
In fact, Mbappe failed to find the back of the net with six of his eight shots on target over two legs, but hit the woodwork twice. It is worth mentioning that this is the third time that Mbappe has failed to find the back of the net with at least four shots in a single knockout game in the Champions League, against Leipzig, Bayern and Dort. After the exit, Mbappe admitted that the team could not take their chances well, "We need to be efficient, we are not efficient enough. ”
Failing to score in both Champions League semi-finals led to a low 2-point rating from Mbappe, believing that "his last Champions League game in Paris was like a nightmare." The most threatening performance is often a return and is not enough for the Ballon d'Or contenders. ”
In this season's Champions League, Paris hit the post 14 times, a new record for hitting the post in a single season since the media conducted technical statistics in the 2003-04 season, breaking the record set by Barcelona in 2011-12 with 11.