Leonardo defends Pochettino and PSG stars – Daily Mercato

The Leonardo show. After PSG-Lille (2-1, the scores of the match here) on Friday evening at the Parc des Princes at the opening of the 12th day of Ligue 1, the sports director of the Parisian club stopped in front of the journalists to pass a few messages.

Before asserting that “everyone needs time”, Leonardo has stepped up to the plate regarding his trainer, Mauricio Pochettino, in comments reported by CulturePSG.com: “The coach is too much. We pass him off as someone who does not understand anything, who does not know what a game background or a game system is… It’s true he searches, we search. But before arriving, Pochettino was in the top 5 and today he doesn’t understand anything. But that’s normal, he’s looking for the right way to play and we are doing it. at the end”.

Leonardo defends his stars …

Leonardo was also asked about the fitness of Lionel messi, released at half-time against LOSC. “It’s a little complicated, admitted the manager of the club in the French capital. Messi arrived and he spent his first two months more in selection than in Paris with these stories of international break, with three matches each time. When you travel so much, it makes sense that there is muscle discomfort“.

And to react to the criticisms which aim at the complicated start of the season of Neymar : “It’s unfair, I think! If it affects him? He is a very experienced player. If we look at tonight, he had a very big game in terms of volume, even in the defensive fold, and he created situations. It’s still a difficult moment because there are still things to adjust, of course. But a player who lives in the party, as they say, cannot play a game like that for 90 minutes. It’s impossible. That’s why it’s a bit too much “.

… and tackle the Spanish press

Finally, Leonardo slipped a little note about Sergio ramos, who has not yet played a minute of play under the jersey of PSG, offering himself a nice tackle in the process: “The Spanish press says there is a problem with Ramos and you play the game of the Spanish press. They want to say he sucks and you help. But we knew everything, we know where our players are. , we know it! So it’s a bit too much “.

In addition, if Leonardo recognized that the PSG still has things to improve on the collective level, he did not appreciate the form of certain criticisms and made it known.

#Leonardo stepped up after the game against LOSC to defend his club against criticism. #PSGLOSC. pic.twitter.com/Aw9yWPqvpT

– Goal France ?? (@GoalFrance) October 29, 2021