In an interview with the
Journal du Dimanche
, Yannick Noah talks about the recurring difficulties of "his" club, Paris Saint-Germain, in the Champions League.
For the former captain of the France Davis Cup team, the Parisian players need help mentally.
“
At the level they are at, they need help.
It seems obvious to me, what
, says Noah.
There are really positive players but there are situations where it escapes us.
Damn, I get feverish looking at them because I see them feverish.
We're backing up, we don't have that thing.
But it works, that.
Accidents do happen.
Three times, on the other hand… You messed up mentally once, you manage.
But it was not, a priori.
I don't think there are any psychologists inside this club.
Whereas sport is the mind
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In the intimacy of the Parisian club during the preparation for the final of the victorious Coupe des Coupes in 1996, would the last Frenchman to win at Roland-Garros see himself returning to PSG?
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No, there are better
ones, evacuates the interested party for whom the coach, whether he is called Emery, Tuchel or Pochettino, must have free rein
.
The Champions League is won with twenty players pulling in the same direction, not three.
And the coach must have carte blanche.
If he feels he has to make a substitution, no one should put pressure behind him.
Messi, I like it.
But if he's tired, which is what happens, he goes out and you play a guy who punches or runs like a rabbit.
And then there you go, you win!
Seriously, you have to trust your instincts.
Otherwise, I would never have taken Leconte in 1991. Or lined up Gasquet-Humbert in doubles in 2017… They thought I was crazy.
But what ?
It's my responsibility, I felt it.
Otherwise, we do what everyone expects and basta!
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