Marquinhos clashed with Dembélé during the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday night (1-0): the captain explains.
In the 52nd minute of the match, Marquinhos expressed frustration with Ousmane Dembélé, whom he deemed guilty of taking a corner too quickly. After the match, the Brazilian defender addressed this tense incident in an interview with Canal+.
« These are things we work on. It was a technical flaw. That’s why we defenders push up. It’s difficult for us to recover afterwards. We really need everyone to push up, the team is a bit disorganized. We need to be careful. That’s all I said. »
« I gave him a pass, it’s not my fault if he (Fabian Ruiz) missed the control, » Dembélé said during the match.
« The team was a bit disorganized, we need to be careful. We know the context. We showed that we could come back. What gives us hope? The Parc, our supporters. We know we can do much better, we need to capitalize on the chances. We can’t afford to concede that goal, » Marquinhos concluded.