Mauricio Pochettino has passed through the microphones of Movistar Champions League to assess the victory of PSG in front of Real Madrid.
Game: “A game that we had dreamed of and worked to develop as we have seen. We are going to highlight the team’s work. The team has shown a great commitment. With the ball we had to be a little more aggressive in the last third. Happy because we won the game in the last action and deservedly”.
Mbappe: “Kylian is one of the best. He has been showing it for a few years. It is hard for me to find words to say how good he is. He is showing enormous maturity and that he is capable of continuing to evolve. I think he has the potential to continue growing as a footballer Hopefully he will be with us for many years, and then football will tell”.
best match: “Looking at the competition and a rival like Madrid, it could be our best game, the most complete. We have to enjoy it much more with the talent we have. We’ll see if we have time to do it”.
The PSG coach was satisfied with the victory at the press conference.
Great match for PSG…: “The team’s performance has been good, individually and collectively. They deserve the credit for this match, it gives us hope to go to Madrid, knowing that it will be very complicated, but that this is the way”.
What was the best?: “We cut the circuit, we put on very good pressure. We cut the game circuits that Real Madrid generates, which supply the offensive players. We forced Madrid to play long balls. We had a good position to control the game. little more aggressiveness and presence in the last third. But it is to be satisfied. The commitment of the team without the ball was commendable, we took some risks and prevented Madrid from building”.
Ancelotti said he is optimistic for the return…: “The coaches are optimistic by nature. If not, we wouldn’t train. Madrid must be respected, it will surely be a different game. I am also optimistic about going to Madrid, the performance must be tonight. We have to find that motivation to show this performance in every game, that’s the big challenge”.
Is Mbappé the best in the world now?: “He is mature, despite his youth, he is one of the best in the world. He is in the global spotlight, I am lucky to work with him, I can see him every day, and he is top”.
The team has had a hard time getting to the point you wanted…: “I don’t know, it’s important for the entire coaching staff, beyond football tastes, to find that point of adaptation. At Tottenham we spent a year or a year and a half to implement many concepts or principles of the game. I’m happy, very satisfied for the game. We like to have the ball, we take risks, we play in the opposite field, that’s the satisfaction of seeing the team”.
Did Madrid disappoint you?: “Many times it has happened to us, against City it happened to us, we played very late and they made us a very uncomfortable game. We have found a way to disconnect their game in the middle. There was a bit of the key, to counteract that point of his game”.
What did you feel about Mbappé’s goal?: “I felt two things: joy and then to Paredes, who half hit my nose with his chest, I thought he had broken it. I even called the doctor. That’s what I felt.”
Messi missed a penalty…: “If the team has shown a high level of play, it is thanks to Messi, he played a great game today, he lacked to crown it with that penalty goal. We often talk, you can win one, two or three games in the last minute, but if a team shows that predisposition to keep looking for it, it’s because you have that quality. A shame for not scoring the penalty, but this is football. The feeling that it leaves after 90 minutes is that, if we maintain this level, we will be able to go from round”.