The Paris Saint-Germain coach spoke to media and PSG TV with 10 days to go till the UEFA Champions League closing in opposition to Inter Milan.
PREPARATIONS
‘Now we have the Coupe de France closing in opposition to Reims earlier than the UEFA Champions League closing. I believe we have now to deal with the strain round us and attempt to get pleasure from it. We really feel the keenness and we attempt to handle it. We’re a staff that has been capable of deal with the highs and lows and the strain.’
THE Champions League closing
‘I am specializing in the 2 video games with the Coupe de France closing in opposition to Reims first. We obtained right here because of the soccer we play. The Champions League closing is a distinct sport. It occurs solely not often for a participant or coach to have a sport like that. We will attempt to play our greatest soccer, and write membership historical past by profitable a primary Champions League. However Inter Milan are a whole staff with high-quality gamers and an excellent coach.
‘We all know Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martinez, who’re capable of play collectively, and so they have totally different choices ranging from the defence and Yann Sommer. They are a staff that ressembles us so much. They’ll defend and assault excessive up the pitch. They are a powerful opponent, who has knocked out Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona. However we’re additionally an excellent staff and I believe it should be top-of-the-line UEFA Champions League finals ever. We’ll be as much as the event, Inter too, and now we have now to only get pleasure from this closing.
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‘The key is – as an alternative of coming right here to work – to return right here to get pleasure from it. The purpose has been achieved, as a result of it has been a dream for the reason that begin of the season, however we have now completed it. Now we have to be formidable, resist these ten days with two finals, and luxuriate in it.’
‘I used to be delighted by what I noticed. Now we have improved. Within the Champions League, we performed some actual top-quality video games. We had some issues being scientific, however we analysed that, and stated that may enhance with extra confidence. We generated that by way of the work and the hassle of the gamers. My gamers had been capable of place themselves higher within the penalty space. The change got here in January, even when they performed the identical method as that they had for the reason that begin of the season, they had been extra scientific. Due to the followers who’ve all the time had religion in us and supported us.’
ATTACK AND DEFEND TOGETHER
‘I have to say that if we analyse it in-depth, it is the way in which our gamers defend, no matter who our forwards are, that everybody defends and wins again the ball. It is a idea, and it is probably the most tough one to place in place and do effectively. All our forwards have that mentality of defending as a staff. Now we have been higher at it this season and my gamers are blissful.
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‘The stats present that we’re a greater staff this season. There are 18 totally different gamers who’ve scored this season, and we have now additionally scored extra objectives than final season. As a coach, I am very pleased with that.’
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