Champions Trophy: "Part of this Trophy goes to Mauricio", assures Christophe Galtier

First official match, first success, first reward.

Christophe Galtier obviously hoped for nothing else for his debut in official competition at the head of PSG.

But Sunday night in Tel Aviv, Mauricio Pochettino's successor saw his new club make an almost perfect copy against Nantes (4-0).

A year after having opened the season with a setback against Lille (0-1), Paris is starting it, this time, in the most beautiful way.

With a first reward, but also an impressive level of play and form.

How do you feel after this first success in an official match with Paris?

CHRISTOPHER GALTIER.

I am very happy to bring the victory and this trophy back to Paris.

If the team is here today, if I'm here tonight, it's because the group was champions with a coach.

I wink at him, part of the trophy goes to Mauricio because he was the one who led them to the title.

On the match we conceded two situations, with two saves by Donnarumma.

But I liked the way the team expressed itself, with this desire to have control over the game, the desire to recover the ball.

Some situations still need to be refined.

But I'm satisfied overall, we scored four goals, had favorable situations… I'm very happy with this first success, it's important to start the season.

Are you surprised by your team's production?

The preparation was very short.

On a physical level, they have prepared their season well at home before the resumption.

Everyone arrived on time, did all the sessions.

Concerning the technical relations, I appreciated all the binding between the lines, the relations, the fact that some play for the others.

But I also appreciated the desire to recover the ball quickly and to make defensive efforts.

And in this area the three offensive players have been very good.

No one can forget Kylian

In view of the level of play displayed by Neymar and his agreement with Messi, it would be a shame for one of the members of this duo to leave...

Before answering, I would first like to salute the performance of Pablo Sarabia, involved in two goals.

As for Leo Messi and Neymar, they are players who have known each other for seasons, they have rediscovered each other since last year.

They have a real technical relationship, a real desire to do things well together.

Kylian's contribution will be more than an asset in this project.

It's up to the staff and me to ensure that the agreement between the three works and allows the team to score a lot of goals.

As for the departure of one or the other, I just notice that they are smiling, that they are happy to celebrate the victory.

This should not be trivialized, I am happy to see them celebrating together.

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Tonight, we hardly saw that Kylian Mbappé was missing.

You confirm ?

Nobody can forget Kylian, anyway… We know what he can bring to the team and what he brought to them last season.

But we worked knowing that he would be suspended, especially in terms of offensive relations.

I am not surprised by the performance of the three attackers and the contribution of the midfielders and the pistons.

But we are not going to deprive ourselves of what Kylian can bring us in the next match, quite the contrary.

The few sessions before Clermont and the whole month of August should allow us to refine all that.

Are you personally relieved that this premiere went so well?

Relief is the wrong word.

When you accept the position at PSG, you have to win.

It's rather in relation to the group and what we've been putting in place in recent weeks that it was important to start like that.

Personally, I'm happy.

But it should comfort us in what we do throughout the week and in what I ask of the players.