
The Bundesliga side were swept aside 3-0 in the semi-final at the Estadio da Luz, with Marquinhos, Angel Di Maria and Juan Bernat getting on the scoresheet, while Neymar and Kylian Mbappe also performed strongly in attack. Nagelsmann felt his team started the match well but in the end, had no answer for the quality shown by the Ligue 1 champions.
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“In the end, the ticket for the final for PSG is well deserved,” Nagelsmann told BT Sport. “[The] first 10-12 minutes we played well. PSG has so much quality and in the end they were the better team, but football is sometimes like that.
Leipzig finish the season without winning a trophy, but impressed in their run to the Champions League last four, while they finished third in the Bundesliga and reached the DFB-Pokal round of 16.
Nagelsmann believed his team enjoyed a solid campaign and said they will be out to win trophies next season.
Leipzig will go into next season without star striker Timo Werner, who joined Chelsea last month and did not finish the Champions League campaign with the German side.
Three players will also return to their parent clubs after loan spells: Angelino (Manchester City), Patrik Schick (Roma), and Ethan Ampadu (Chelsea). The new Bundesliga season is scheduled to begin on September 18.