PSG: "The Classic against OM is always a special match", insists Pochettino

The championship is the goal.

The Classic is always a special match.

We hope to do well against a very good team.

Of course, we want to win and finish the season well.

It's a special game.

I have already played as a player and captain, then as a coach.

It's not just about the three points.

For me, the players and the supporters, it's always an important game in a season.

(…) The players understand how special it is for everyone, the club, the fans and ourselves, our families.

Every week is different.

We talked about the importance of the three points, we talked individually and collectively.

We hope that we will do our best performance and that we will win.

We are stronger when we have our supporters with us and that takes away some of the opponent's energy.

I'm not asking for anything, but obviously I want them to demonstrate before and after the game rather than during it.

They are having a very good season.

They are very dynamic and have quality players technically.

It's really a team, a collective.

They play as a block, they play good football.

It goes quickly in transition with good players in attack.

They are not where they are in the standings by chance… It will be a complicated match, beyond the fact that it is a Classic.

I don't like comparisons.

Everyone coaches how they feel, everyone has their own personality, character, charisma… It's hard to compare, not just with Jorge Sampaoli but all the other coaches.

One thing is certain: we were both inspired by Marcelo Bielsa.

I have a good relationship with the whole team.

Human management is the most difficult thing.

I have always had a strong relationship with Kylian since I arrived, like the rest of the staff.

He is a player with enormous qualities.

We have seen him progress.

He was in trouble when we arrived, he is much happier now, he is calm and we put him in a situation for him to progress.

He is a player who has shown his involvement, he has worked hard in training.

Admittedly, he has great qualities as a player, but we must also highlight his humility, his qualities as a professional and as a man.

In any case, it's a match that both teams are waiting for, it's the biggest match in France, there are the Cup finals too.

In any case, it is indeed an important match.

The rivalry is great.

But by the end of the season, every game will be like a final and we want to finish as well as possible.

For us, it's a final tomorrow (Sunday).

This is the only game that matters now and we will have to show it from the kick-off.

He stayed out of the dynamics of the group for about fifty days during the African Cup of Nations, like Abdou Diallo.

They also logically celebrated after their victory.

When they came back, they were less well physically and mentally because they gave a lot.

We found that they struggled to return to their usual level and that there were players who were in better condition than them.

I've told the players that before.