In an evening rich in emotions between a complicated arrival at the stadium, the reunion with his son Jordan, assistant coach of Ajaccio and the success acquired thanks to a double from Mbappé and a goal from Messi, Christophe Galtier had something to say during the press conference.
What is the value of this 3-0 victory over Ajaccio?
CHRISTOPHER GALTIER.
Victory is always important.
It is a match which comes just after the great classic of our championship and which precedes a big meeting on Tuesday in the Champions League.
It was a trick game.
Ajaccio put us well under pressure for 25 minutes.
We knew how to defend intelligently.
From the moment we were able to put our foot on the ball, we created interesting opportunities.
In the second half we had better technical control in the middle of the field.
We had highlights on which we did not score.
This gave hope to Ajaccio and then came these two magnificent goals.
This is a serious game from my players.
At 2-0 and 3-0 I was able to lighten the playing time of some.
With another great game from Messi…
People come to the stadium to see Leo, to see the PSG team, Kylian, Ney… As I often say: I think he is the best player in the history of football.
He likes to play for others.
He has an unparalleled relationship with the ball.
But above all this quality of wanting to play for others and being very altruistic.
And tonight he was both very generous in his passes but also magnificent on the second goal.
I always tell people to come to the stadium when there are players like that on the pitch, you have to take advantage of it because the day they are gone, everyone will regret it.
Did you appreciate its complementarity with Mbappé?
Yes but so that they can be very close to each other it is also the work of the three midfielders who recover a lot of balls, who take it out well, cleanly.
There is a real technical relationship between them.
In this organization it made it possible to have Kylian in his preferential zone but also Leo much higher on the ground.
Obviously when they are very high on the pitch they are very dangerous because they are hard to hold and the slightest fault can result in a dangerous free kick or a penalty.
Was it a special match with your son on the Ajaccio bench?
Yes, particular… I know that I caused him problems when we changed organization so he told me that he had had a lot of work to analyze what we had put in place against Marseille.
Obviously for a dad it's always very pleasant.
It's even a feeling of pride when I have three boys that I love madly and tonight I had one next door and two others in front of the screen.
Obviously these are moments a little apart but we had to quickly disregard it and here I am happy for him.
That he grows and always evolves with his ideas and his way of seeing football.
How far can Fabian Ruiz go?
I'm not surprised.
We've known him for seasons.
I remember with Luis Campos having seen it during PSG-Naples in the Champions League.
He caught our eye.
He arrived during preparation.
He had had a truncated preparation, he was waiting for his transfer so it took time for him to be able to fill in physically.
He is a player who needs to be very well physically.
Afterwards, he has a technical mastery, a reading of the game, he works for each other but when he has the ball, he has the right pass.
It seems to me that in the matches he has just played he has the right tempo to manage the high times and manage the low times.