He was however criticized at PSG for his laconicism.
But now freed from his obligations as coach of the Reds and Blues, Mauricio Pochettino has regained his taste for speaking.
The Argentine coach gave a long interview to the Argentine media
Infobae
, from Barcelona where he lives while waiting to find a bench.
He first returned to the circumstances of his departure from the club, which ended very late, the day of the resumption of training for the Parisians and his successor Christophe Galtier.
“I am calm, I accept the circumstances that we had to live.
Everything ended quite late, and it's clear that it's difficult at the moment because all the projects are closed.
I adapt to new circumstances and I always have in mind to progress and above all to analyze everything that has happened in the last 18 months at Paris Saint-Germain and, as we always say, the experience must be used to progress.
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The elimination in Madrid and 'the factors that cannot be controlled'
“I think it was very positive, he assured, in view of his 18 months in Paris.
In sporting terms, we have won the Cup, the Supercup and the Championship in a year and a half, but it is clear that PSG's project is to win the Champions League and not winning it can always be considered a failure. .
In any case, it is a failure of fifty years, not only of the last season, because PSG, especially in the last ten, eleven years, with the arrival of the new owners, has the objective of winning the League Champions and I think it will be achieved because the resources are there.
But sometimes in football there are factors that cannot be controlled.
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On these "uncontrollable" factors, Mauricio Pochettino obviously returned to the elimination of PSG against Real Madrid and these last 30 minutes out of time at the Bernabéu.
"I think Benzema's foul on Donnarumma existed and if it had been reviewed by VAR, today we would be talking about Madrid's elimination.
But it was a trigger that gave Real Madrid a lot of faith, a different energy on their pitch, but that's football and it shouldn't be analyzed beyond football.
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Messi is the best, Mbappé his successor?
He notably evokes the idea that has been rumored in recent days, to include a psychologist or a psychological cell in the staff of the first team.
“In this case, we would have to put a psychologist in Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and therefore, if we go back to the last European cups, we would have to put a psychologist in all the teams that played against Real Madrid, he said. he quipped.
It's a game in which quite often the luck factor and obviously the emotional factor have an influence, but I don't think it's such an obvious or detectable problem that you need to call in a section specialist, say, psychological to work on it.”
Among the many topics he raised, he also talks about Kylian Mbappé, believing that "PSG did everything to retain Kylian and I also agree with that, but I don't think Kylian is the one either. designed the new project.
On the Frenchman, he still believes that “Leo Messi is the best in the world.
There is no doubt.
Afterwards, it is clear that Mbappé is a candidate to be able to receive this crown.
“He also returns to the arrival of the “
Pulga
”, a “surprise” for him: “It was a bit unexpected.
I thought it was difficult for me to go to Barcelona and I thought he was going to finish his career there, so there will be few coaches who will have the opportunity to manage him.
So it was a nice surprise.
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He who played at PSG, was the captain and finally the coach finally felt that "in itself, the essence of the club is still there".
“The fans, what Paris is, what these colors convey, this jersey, for me one of the most beautiful there is.
I remember twenty years ago we had Ronaldinho, Anelka, Okocha... There have always been great players.
The only thing that has changed a bit now is the expectation, which is the Champions League, the Champions League and the Champions League.
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