Direction Brest for Kylian Mbappe and Mauricio Pochettino. – Franck Fife / AFP
- Mauricio Pochettino and Paris Saint-Germain do not have their destiny in hand before the final day of Ligue 1, Sunday evening.
- If Lille wins in Angers, Losc will deprive PSG of a tenth title of champion of France.
- Present at a press conference this Saturday, the Argentinian coach of the capital club is counting on his players to do their part of the work. For the rest, he relies on the glorious uncertainty of football, and a little in Angevins, too.
No need to have studied Thomas Pesquet to summarize the stake of the last day of Ligue 1 on the Paris side: if PSG does a better result Sunday night in Brest than Lille in Angers, he will win his tenth league title. France, the eighth in the last nine seasons.
In the often woody language of Mauricio Pochettino, this gives, this Saturday at a press conference: “In football, you always have to believe in it. You go there with motivation, believing that good things can happen. “Of course, the Coupe de France final won without trembling on Wednesday against Monaco (2-0) was” demanding “, but” all is well “, assures the Argentine coach. More than good even, since the Parisians will recover Presnel Kimpembe and a freshly vaccinated Neymar, both back from suspension.
While his Brest opponent could end up barrage and stuck with the TFC in case of defeat, the SCO has absolutely nothing to play when receiving Mastiffs all fangs out. However, Pochettino has “no message to pass” to the men of Stéphane Moulin, who may wish to honor the last of their emblematic coach by taking out the famous “Angevin slab” from formalin.
Also promised, the successor of Thomas Tuchel does not yet know if he will inquire Sunday evening on the evolution of the score at the Raymond-Kopa stadium. Or how … We tell ourselves, however, that one of his assistants is going to have the idea of keeping his cell phone on, just in case …
Of “disappointment” rather than “failure” if Lille is sacred
And apart from that, if logic is respected and that PSG ends up on the heels of Christophe Galthier’s training? Would it be a failure, risks one of our colleagues? “For a team like PSG, involved in all competitions, not winning is always a big disappointment,” says Pochettino. The word “failure” has a very strong meaning, it would be more of a disappointment. “
But that will not take away what the Argentinean and his staff have already achieved since his arrival on January 2: “If we are champion, it would be our third title in five months [après le Trophée des champions et la Coupe de France]. We had a good campaign in the Champions League, with the disappointment of not reaching the final. I am very happy with the involvement of the players and all the management. “
And if the Angevins also had the good idea to be very involved on Sunday night, we suspect that Pochettino would not be unhappy.