Stop or again?
PSG is on the verge of a nervous breakdown after its elimination from the Champions League, "
a hard and unexpected blow
", as Mauricio Pochettino acknowledged this Saturday at a press conference.
“
It will take time to regain normal sleep, normal behavior
,” he added.
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It remains to be seen whether he will still be on the Parisian bench next season.
A question for the time being unanswered, the management having announced nothing since Madrid, in the knockout stages of the Champions League, despite the discontent of the Ultras.
“
There was sadness in what we went through.
It's a feeling that the players have, we (the staff, editor's note) too, we experience it collectively, everyone is affected.
But in football, you can't stop, you have to keep performing and achieving your goals.
The one we have left is to win the championship.
We must mobilize the energies to move forward and achieve this objective
, "said "Poche", which is preparing the match in Monaco on Sunday (1 p.m.), for the 29th day of L1,
“We will see what the club wants to do. »
Mauricio Pochettino
For the rest, suspense.
"
I'm thinking about today and tomorrow, I'm fully focused on finishing the season as well as possible and we'll see what happens at the end of the season, we'll also see what the club wants to do
," Pochettino commented on his future, sending the ball back into the court of its leaders.
Remember that the former captain of PSG, in place since the beginning of 2021, is under contract until 2023. He has often been credited with starting desires, at Real last summer, at Manchester United this winter.
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But what about his desire?
“
We are competitors.
This type of challenge is therefore necessarily exciting.
There is a feeling of revenge to try to give this title (the Champions League) to PSG, it is exciting.
There is this motivation beyond disappointment, sadness
”, he promises, he who says he is absolutely and certainly “
capable
” of taking up the challenge in Paris.
“We have to talk about the ideas, the vision, the project, the how, there are plenty of topics of conversation to have with the club. »
Mauricio Pochettino
Able, yes, but not in just any condition... "
We have to talk about ideas, the vision of the future, the project, the how, there are plenty of topics to discuss with the club in order to find common ground for everyone to express themselves.
After more than a year at the head of the team, we know the situation and the context better.
We are a staff that is better than when we arrived.
We acquired this experience in management.
We are better and we can give it to the club that asks us for it.
“It remains to be seen whether this club will be Parisian … In any case, Pochettino is clear on this point: he will not go back for a ride if he is not given the means of his ambitions.
Refusing to point the finger at this or that player, here Marquinhos, and believing that the coach is necessarily the "
first responsible
" after a fiasco like this, the successor of Thomas Tuchel in Paris also takes stock of the last campaigns in C1.
“
When we analyze the last few years in C1, we see that the club arrived in the final in a Covid situation in Final 8, we were in the semi-finals in normal competitive situations last season by dismissing FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich before falling to City.
This year, we didn't get there… There is disappointment because the club has had this main objective for 10 years.
We want to give the club and the supporters this trophy
, ”says Pochettino.
“There is the tenth title of champion of France to go for. »
Mauricio Pochettino
And to continue: “
But before that, there is also the tenth title of champion of France to go for, it will be important for the club.
The analysis will be done at the end of the season and we will see what decisions will be made to create or recreate a team in order to get this long
-desired title, ”he explained.
A team that will be trained by him, or not.