PSG face Manchester City this Tuesday evening, at 9 p.m., at the Parc des Princes, for the second day of the group stage of the Champions League.
A match mentioned on Monday at a press conference by Parisian coach Mauricio Pochettino.
You are a team under construction while City is a team already formed.
How do we get this to reverse on Tuesday night?
MAURICIO POCHETTINO.
It is a fact, not an opinion to say that PSG are a team under construction.
We are going to play against Manchester City which is led for me by the best coach in the world, Pep Guardiola.
They have the dream of winning the Champions League.
U.S. too.
They may be ahead of us in the construction process.
But in a match anything can happen.
We will try to counter that with our desire and our will, by applying our ideas and by trying to limit their qualities and by pressing on their flaws, if they have any.
It's an ideal match for players to express their potential.
Will Gianluigi Donnarumma debut?
I will not say the team, everyone will have their opinion but I will not reveal the team the day before.
How do you ensure that you keep your goalkeepers in good condition without offending them if you opt for the alternation?
We have great goalkeepers who adapt to the demands of the technical staff.
Every goalkeeper wants to play every time, but as Ander said before, we are at PSG, it's a special club, with special situations too.
How does Verratti feel?
Marco has trained well the last few days, we think he can be part of the squad.
The team is not confirmed, but there are possibilities.
Is Messi available and what about his trio with Mbappé and Neymar, and the pressure on their shoulders?
Messi is like Marco, he is progressing well, he will be in the squad tomorrow even if I do not yet know which players will start.
You tell me about three players out of the 33 we have.
It takes time to work in different environments and bond.
There are times for everything, for them to get to know each other and play well together.
There are different stages.
Everyone is under pressure, the club, the players, for different things.
Players need to feel free to play properly.
Can Messi replicate in Paris what he did in Barcelona in past seasons?
We are talking about the best player in the world, but you have to understand that he is a man who needs to adapt to a new team, a new culture, a new society.
Let the player work, and feel at home.
He spent 20 years in Barcelona, he was at home, everything here is new for him.
With time and a technical relationship with his teammates that will improve, I have no doubt that we will be successful.
Is the team as serene as that when we see Messi's reaction to his replacement against Lyon, or that of Mbappé this weekend towards Neymar?
The players are calm, there is a good atmosphere within the group.
PSG is a special club, with special situations that you have to understand but the group is living very well, it is balanced.
How to ensure that the small tensions that appeared on Saturday between Mbappé and Neymar do not become too important?
They are extraordinary boys, competitors.
It can happen in the field.
I spoke with them, they spoke together too, these are things that happen.
It sometimes makes more noise than it should, and above all it does not reflect reality.
Is Tuesday night's game the first big test of the season for Paris?
I don't think this is the biggest test.
Each match is a challenge and it was not necessarily easy at the start of the season, as long as we did not have the final team before the end of the transfer window.
There are demands in Paris.
We must respond today, and not tomorrow.