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Pochettino on Mbappé: "He's a top world player, first class"

2021-02-17T01:40:13.095Z


The Parisian coach looks back on his team's victory in Barcelona (1-4) on Tuesday in the Champions League.


Special envoy to Barcelona

Qualification

 : "We must talk about this match only, have moderation and caution.

It stays open.

There are 90 minutes to play and Sunday is Monaco.

You have to recover and work.

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 : “Nobody finds out… He's at the top, he's very happy in our club.

(…) Great players write their history game after game.

On this stage, against Barça, this hat-trick will put him in the spotlight.

But we had no doubt that he is a top player in the world, first class, and we are very happy for him.

Its preparation?

Trust has always been absolute.

The confidence that we transmit to our players and that they give us back.

He was quiet before the game.

He asked me how many times I had won at Camp Nou.

I told him: "once".

He told me we were going to win a second time.

At the end, he said to me: "here is the second one". "

"We had a great match"

Perfect match

 : “No, I think there is no such thing as perfection.

We are all looking for it and we are improving.

But there are some things we can do better.

I'm very happy for my team, my players, they played a great game.

We have to focus on the championship and win the second leg in three weeks. "

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Barça

 : “You have to respect Barça.

At 1-0, they had an opportunity to make the break (a too soft strike from Frenchman Ousmane Dembélé to worry Keylor Navas, in the 29th minute, editor's note).

And the game would have been different at 2-0… Sometimes it turns in your favor, sometimes the other.

I'm happy with the result but Barca are a great club, with great players, you always have to have respect. ”  

Managing emotions

 : “The team remained calm.

We always say that football is a context full of emotions.

Emotions lead us to behave in one way or another.

There is this passion that takes it to a higher level, an obsession. ” 

Remarks gathered during a press conference

Koeman: "They were superior, more complete, more physical and more efficient"

Ronald Koeman (Barça coach) 

: “The first half was fairly balanced, we even had a 2-0 opportunity.

In the second half, they were better, more complete, more physical and more efficient.

(…) The result is always the coach who is responsible.

In the second half, we couldn't stop the PSG attackers.

They have shown to be more complete than us.

We are a team in transition, we have to accept it.

It is clear that I am the responsible, it is normal.

(…) There are things we lack to reach this high level in the Champions League.

That does not mean that we are not on the right track, but we have to be realistic.

We are in the process of changing things.

There are young players, players who are not there.

(…) We are not at the end of the road, we are halfway there.

(…) The light, we cannot give it in two months.

I am sure that if we continue in this direction, that we improve position by position, that we grow with the local players, by changing a few things, we will get there. ”

(in video-press conference)

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Source: lefigaro

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