PSG: Mauricio Pochettino said that training “the best players in the world” is not easy

It is not an easy task. Mauricio Pochettino arrived at Paris Saint-Germain with the aim of achieving the long-awaited Champions League; and, it has one of the most outstanding templates. Due to this, the PSG coach considered that training the Ligue 1 team with “The best players in the world” It is not easy, since you have to manage everything from your emotions to your surroundings.

“We handle people with emotions, everyone’s behavior is not a flat line. It is a series of ups and downs: one is happy, another is feeling, one is working well, another is not “, Pochettino told L’Equipe.

“I think the most important thing for the group is to try to balance the moods”, said the Argentine who has great players in attack, with Lionel Messi along with Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, and options such as Ángel Di María, Mauro Icardi and Julian Draxler.

For Mauricio it is not just training the footballers, it goes further: “We must not forget that we have in our hands the best players in the world, but also their families, their entourages, their surroundings. Is not easy”.

PSG, which leads Ligue 1 with a 10-point advantage and plays Nantes at home on Saturday, failed to defend the league title last season and fell in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Pochettino, who previously coached Tottenham Hotspur and guided them to a Champions League final, said the demands on the French team are very different, in expectation of immediate success.

“PSG want to win. Win the Champions League, the championship, the Cup, all the games. They did not come looking for us to build a project, to ask us what we needed to develop our ideas, or what we like ”, he pointed.