Dumfries talks about Champions League final defeat: It s really hard to accept, we didn t deserve to win from the beginning
"It's really hard to accept... From the beginning, we were not worthy of victory. We wanted to take revenge in this game, but nothing was going on as we planned. We also had to accept this reality, and it was difficult to find the right words to explain what happened..."
When asked if they were surprised by Paris' performance, Dumfries said: "No, we know they are strong. Today, we didn't let everyone see what we wanted to see Inter Milan, and we didn't prove that they deserved the finals, we had to accept that. We won together and lost together."
"What is the hardest thing in Paris to deal with? They are very strong, full of energy, and a lot of running. They are very good at finding open players, and we have difficulties and we have not shown enough strength to win the game."
"How did I perform? It doesn't matter. We lost, it's the fact . (…) The coach was angry, he hoped we would put more energy into it, he had reason to be angry, but we were also disappointed, we were not good enough. "
For Inter Milan had a chance to win the triple crown but ended up with nothing, Dumfries said he was helpless: "This is reality, like a roller coaster... We have had a period of good form, but in recent weeks, we have not played like we did before. It's hard to accept... Return to the Champions League final? Yes, we can do it."
"When we played for a big club like Inter Milan, we had to fight all the time. It's hard to say how to do it now, but we still have the Club World Cup, we have to perform well. The game starts? We don't want to start like this. We never took control of the game and didn't play at our level. The score of 0-5 is really hard to accept, but we didn't show the level we deserve from the beginning."