A few moments after the slap received at Louis-II against AS Monaco (3-0), the Paris Saint-Germain coach did not spare the performance of his team, to whom the international break will make the greatest good for the rest of the season.
The nightmare continues for Paris Saint-Germain during this month of March. After being eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League by Real Madrid and copiously whistled at the Parc des Princes during the home victory against the Girondins de Bordeaux (3-0), PSG lost heavily against AS Monaco this Sunday afternoon (0-3).
A defeat that does not change much for the capital club, which remains the undisputed leader of Ligue 1 after 29 days – 12 provisional points ahead of the dolphin Marseille. But this setback confirms the ills of Mauricio Pochettino’s team in the game and in the state of mind. The Argentinian technician did not hesitate to express his frustration…
“This is unacceptable”
Asked at the microphone of Prime Video at the end of the meeting, the Parisian coach pointed the finger at the start of the match of his players, who were punished behind by the efficiency of Wissam Ben Yedder: “I’m disappointed with how we started the game. This is unacceptable. At this level of competition, you can’t start a match like we did. We can be happy to be 1-0 at half-time, because there could have been 2 or 3-0 already. In the second half, it was better, we created chances there, but our first half penalized us. I think it’s really not acceptable to start a game the way we did.
The former Tottenham manager then admitted that the end of the Champions League journey has affected the minds of his team, which must move forward to confirm its superiority in the league after the international break at the end of March: “It is clear that what happened in the Champions League did a lot of harm. The team clearly needs to break free from this. This prevents us from expressing our best performance. This international truce should allow us to change the mentality and put us back in place. We have to come back to the game with this responsibility that exists by wearing this tunic.
