There is only the biggest club competition, the hardest to win, to offer games that don't count.
PSG-Bruges belongs to this category, at least for the club from the capital while the Belgians still believe in the Europa League.
So it's for butter.
But not really since a group victory brings in 2.8 million euros and even the greater Paris and its global franchise budget can not afford to snub them.
Who knows, this money will perhaps be used one day to thank Mauricio Pochettino, and it is not a question here of congratulating him, he takes care of it himself.
The Argentinian coach experiences the worst difficulties in imprinting a style on his team and given the talents that make it up, it is possible that it is a bit of his fault.
So the Parisian coach took advantage of a press conference on Monday without a stake, deserted from the salt of the pressure of the result and incisive questions, to initiate a pro domo plea.
Because all that annoys him deep down.
We understood this innocent question at a press conference: "How would you explain the style of PSG to someone who has never seen him play this season?"
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Rather than grabbing the ball to detail his plan, he preferred to turn the problem around. Under the guise of humor, the better to dodge. “Anyone who hasn't seen PSG play this season is an alien. Everyone has an opinion on PSG, good or bad, explains the Argentinian. Everyone knows how we play. "
Mauricio Pochettino probably prefers to speak with matches and that's good, this PSG-Bruges comes after a hellish streak (City, Saint-Etienne, Nice, Lens) where the shortcomings have followed the deficiencies without the clarification of a start , a successful performance.
By playing liberated, for fun, his men can finally devote themselves to the part of seduction and fantasies that they conceal.
It's always the last impression that counts and before Monaco, this Sunday, the most important match of the week, to win with class would bring lightness and give signs of a possible renewal before soon switching to 2022. And PSG could put its 2.8 million euros in the fund.
