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Paris Saint Germain have
won the league title with 4 games after Marseille suffered their second loss in a row. Marseille fielded a weakened side which shows that he had already given up on trying to chase PSG before the match had started, we spoke to him after the match.
Reporter: "Mathias you surrendered your crown to PSG today, what is the feeling in the camp considering there are still four match days left?
Mathias Sommer: "Well of course we aren't pleased about it but PSG strengthened a lot in the summer and it was always going to be hard keeping up with them from the start. Also last season our focus was on domestic football and so there wasn't as much traveling and I could play my best team week in week out."
Reporter: "Some pundits are saying you were disrespectful to the fans today for not putting up a fight with a weakened team out, what is your opinion on this?"
Mathias Sommer: "I can see why they think that but PSG have been on top of the pile by about twelve points for a lot of the season so even if we won all of our games we still wouldn't have a chance, we are into the semi finals of the Champions League and Coupe de France so we can't keep up with PSG as well."
Reporter: "Thank you Mathias."
Mathias Sommer: "Thanks, cheers and see you soon."
We then spoke to Unai Emery the PSG manager
Reporter: “Hello Unai and congratulations, what were your feelings when you heard the news of Marseille losing in Nantes and that you had won the league?”
Unai Emery: “I was delighted of course and happy that we have got back the title for the fans and this great club, obviously we are disappointed that we couldn’t make it further in the Champions League but we can strengthen for next season and try our hardest to make that happen, but we can’t celebrate because we have Marseille in a semi final next which is also very important to us.”
Reporter: “Yes I was coming on to that you beat them in the Champions Trophy at the beginning of the season and at the Parc de Princes in the league, can you take anything from those results into this match?”
Unai Emery: “We will take the fact that we won them as a positive but this is completely different now it’s the semi final of a cup and so teams sometimes play differently in these types of game.”
Reporter: “Thanks Unai that’s all, well done! Again and good luck in the next match.”
Unai Emery: “Thankyou.”
we are at home first so hopefully we can get off to a good start there, but we can't afford to concede many away goals.
