PSG: Pochettino quickly settled the incident with Messi – Maxifoot

Happy to come out against Olympique Lyonnais (2-1) Sunday in Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain striker Lionel Messi was entitled to explanations from his coach Mauricio Pochettino. Very quickly, the two men put an end to this story.

The image went around the world on Sunday. In the 76th minute of the match against Olympique Lyonnais (2-1) in Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino decided to release his striker Lionel Messi, replaced by right side Achraf Hakimi.

Mcontent, the Argentine international did not hide his frustration when leaving the pitch with a few words changed with his coach.

Pochettino quickly grasped the situation

Unsurprisingly, the former Tottenham manager quickly wanted to resolve this situation with his star. Thus, according to information from RMC radio on Tuesday, the two men were briefly explained in relation to this story. After the explanations provided by Pochettino, the incident is now completely closed and there is no longer any problem between the two compatriots.

A necessary intervention on the part of the Parisian technician in order to avoid tensions with one of his best players. And above all, this discussion was obviously essential to dispel the misunderstandings between the two parties. Because in reality, Messi simply did not understand the choice of Pochettino a few minutes after a change between the two men.

A simple misunderstanding

Indeed, unlike his speech in front of the media, the PSG coach did not choose to leave Messi for tactical reasons, but because of a crutch received by the Pulga above his knee, according to L ‘ Team. Just before proceeding with his replacement, Pochettino thus asked for his feelings Messi, who had displayed his desire to stay on the lawn.

However, with the excitement of the upcoming matches and in particular the poster against Manchester City in the Champions League, the Ile-de-France coach refused to take the slightest risk and played the card of caution by confirming this change despite the contrary opinion of the native of Rosario. A justification which can be understood and which has probably succeeded in appeasing the slight annoyance of the sixfold Ballon d’Or.

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