In the 1/8 final of the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain with Kylian Mbappe’s 3 goals, beat Barcelona 4: 1 at the Camp Nou with a glorious performance and took the biggest step towards the quarterfinals.
The comment after the match was made by the Argentine coach of the French, Mauricio Pochettino, who led PSG in the Champions League for the first time.
“We had a good game, but we already knew that this duel would last 180 minutes. We are happy with the result – it’ll bring us more confidence. Everything will be decided in Paris. We must play with the same intensity as today. We were effective and deserved to win. “Today, he has shown it with three goals. In addition to three goals, he has put a lot of effort into the team, even defensive tasks. In three weeks, we will have a return match in which we will still have to show our quality,” said Pochettino.
Recall that the return match in Paris will be held on March 11. The French teams have not won their last 10 games in Barcelona (2 draws, 8 losses) and the Parisians put an end to this series. Barça lost two games in a row in the Champions League for the first time in history and conceded at least 3 goals at home twice in a row (before PSG, Barcelona lost to Juventus 0: 3).
‘We really wanted to beat them at Camp Nou’ – Mbappe’s on a match against Barça
Paris SG won the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final convincingly away to Barcelona (4: 1), while its 22-year-old superstar Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick. After the match, the French forward took the ball home for a hat trick, along with the prize for the best player of the match.
Kylian Mbappe (PSG): “I am very happy today. The match against Barcelona was very important for us. We wanted to win it at the Camp Nou for them. We did it in an excellent style. Everything was great today, but we have not won anything yet.
I always want the best for Paris Saint-Germain. This t-shirt means a lot to me. I was not always successful, sometimes I had a bad game, but I never hid, I admitted my own mistake.
Pochettino did a great job of joining us, though he found a good foundation that Tuchel created. We are an increasingly good team physically, but it is far from the peak of form. Even today – we played very well, but we can do more. “We have to be able to repeat such games often.”