Paris Saint-Germain will "fight to the death"바카라 웹사이트to win a first-ever Champions League this season, according to head coach Mauricio Pochettino. (More Football News)
Mauricio Pochettino insists the disappointment of losing last season's Champions League final will not derail their bid for glory this term
Paris Saint-Germain will "fight to the death"바카라 웹사이트to win a first-ever Champions League this season, according to head coach Mauricio Pochettino. (More Football News)
The Ligue 1 champions go into Wednesday's last-16 second leg against Barcelona at the Parc des Princes well placed to reach the quarter-finals after a thumping 4-1 win over Ronald Koeman's바카라 웹사이트side in the reverse fixture last month.
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They have also scored at least once in each of their바카라 웹사이트last 22바카라 웹사이트Champions League games at home (61 goals), in a run that dates back to December 2015. The last team to keep a clean sheet away at PSG바카라 웹사이트in the competition was Barca's LaLiga바카라 웹사이트rivals Real Madrid (0-0 in October 2015).
PSG were beaten in last year's바카라 웹사이트final by Bayern Munich –바카라 웹사이트Kingsley Coman scoring the only goal in a slender win for the Bundesliga side –바카라 웹사이트but Pochettino insisted the painful memories of that defeat will not derail them this term.바카라 웹사이트
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"There are a lot of other teams who want to win it; it's not that easy. We are aware of our responsibility, and we will fight to the death to achieve it.
"We are unaffected by the past. We came here with a free spirit and without prejudice. These ideas convey only negativity.바카라 웹사이트
"Staying focused on the past limits your future possibilities. We come with new energy. We think that we have the potential to remain in contention in the Champions League.바카라 웹사이트
"In football, conviction brings you closer to winning."
Pochettino was in charge of Barca's바카라 웹사이트city rivals Espanyol between 2009 and 2012, although he said that does not provide him with any extra impetus to knock them out of the competition.바카라 웹사이트
"I am not a fan of Espanyol who goes beyond the limits,"바카라 웹사이트he added. "Winning in Barcelona has a special flavor.
"But we want to win for PSG, for our players, for the fans, and finally, for ourselves."
The French giants eased to a 3-0 victory over Brest in the last 32 of the Coupe de France on Saturday to make it 12 wins, one draw and two defeats in Pochettino's first two months in charge after replacing Thomas Tuchel.바카라 웹사이트
The Argentinian is clearly enjoying his time at the helm of a club he played for between 2001 and 2003 and has cited바카라 웹사이트training as the most stimulating aspect of his job.
"Coming to training every morning, being with the players, the staff, trying to improve, that's what motivates me,"바카라 웹사이트he said. "Maybe I even have more motivation to go to the training centre than to be in competition.바카라 웹사이트
"Within the staff, we believe a lot in the preparation, the building of a state of form. Motivation, concentration, it is built day by day."