Champions League
Pochettino recounts the promise Mbappe made to him before the match against Barcelona
Mauricio Pochettino has revealed that Kylian Mbappe had told him before the match that Paris Saint-Germain would beat Barcelona at the Camp Nou.
The 22-year-old was the star of the evening in the first challenge of the 1/8 finals in the Champions League scoring a hat-trick in the 4-1 victory of his team.
During his coaching career, Pochettino had beaten Barcelona only once (with Espanyol in 2009), while the Frenchman had promised that on Tuesday night he would get his second victory.
“He was calm before the match. He asked me how many times have I won at Camp Nou? Once, I answered, with Espanyol.”
“He told me we would win for the second time. And at the end of the match he said to me: Here you have it, it is a second victory.”, Pochettino said.
Lionel Messi scored from the penalty spot in the 27th minute for the Catalans’ lead, but Mbappe reacted just five minutes later to score the first of his three goals, while another goal for PSG was scored by Moise Kean.