Pochettino comments on replacing Messi

The Argentine coach of Paris Saint-Germain, Mauricio Pochettino, confirmed that the replacement of his compatriot, Lionel Messi, during the Lyon match in the sixth round of the French League was only for the purpose of protecting him.

Pochettino said: “I think everyone knows that we have a lot of very good players, we have to choose, whether in the list for the match, or during the match itself.. We have to think about what is best for the team and for each player, and decide.. Others are not, we are here to make decisions,” according to the British “Sky News” network.

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He added: “We know that the players do not like to leave the game, they may like the matter of substitution, and that may not happen, but we have to choose. As I said, I asked Messi about his condition when he left, he told me that he is fine, there are no problems.”

In the face of the great anger at Messi, Pochettino came out with another statement, revealed by the Spanish newspaper “Marca”, as he said: “I wanted to replace Messi in order to protect him, for fear of a possible injury in the future. We have important matches ahead and we have to protect him.”

Paris Saint-Germain maintained its perfect start, reaching 18 points, five points ahead of Olympique de Marseille, who jumped to second place from five matches after winning 2-0 at Stade Rennes.

Lyon’s balance stopped at eight points in ninth place.