On Saturday, Paris Saint-Germain will play away to Nantes. In a pre-match press conference on Friday, Pochettino spoke of Messi, who has been criticised after the Champions League, saying that "taking a penalty does not make him lose his self-confidence".
In the match against Real Madrid, Messi conceded a penalty, and in the team newspaper's post-match rating, Messi scored the lowest 3 points in the team. At the press conference, the third question Poschettino encountered was about the different evaluations of Messi's performance by the French and Argentine media, and Pochettino chose to avoid, "I didn't see anything. I didn't look at the stuff and didn't know what the difference was. ”
Asked if Messi would lose his confidence, Pochettino said, "No, he's the best player in the world. Messi is football. If you want to explain football to other people, it's Messi. ”
"I don't think taking a penalty would make him lose his confidence. If anyone says so, then he doesn't understand the sport. The team played well, thanks to the way he interpreted the game. He played very well and he twisted the team into a rope to play. ”