Former PSG star Jerome Rothen slammed the efforts of their star players in defeat to Manchester City last night.
City won the first-leg of their Champions League semifinal 2-1 in Paris.
Afterwards, Rothen told RMC: "For me, it's a physical problem due to the mind. The state of mind of some in the second half is not worthy of a Champions League semi-final. We're not going to run into Neymar and (Kylian) Mbappé all the time, but I'm sorry. When I see in the 50th minute a long ball in the Manchester City camp and these two players take three minutes to get back to the level of the centre circle, it is not normal!
"For me, it's mental. Don't tell me that Neymar, Mbappé, and even (Marco) Verratti on the quality of his second half, are not able to do 60-70 minutes at a very good physical level. Or in this case, you have to do another sport. Of course it's tough during the day against City. I imagine seeing the ball pass from right to left, 10 times, 20 times, of course it's boring! But if in addition, players do not care how we get the ball and bow their heads and do not make enough efforts ... Remember the efforts of Neymar and Mbappé against Bayern Munich.
"Today, we haven't seen that."
