Pochettino on his bench during the Parisian victory against Nice (2-1) on Saturday.

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Unlike its future Barcelona opponent, who kindly crushed Alavés this weekend (5-1), PSG had all the trouble in the world to overcome Nice, Saturday afternoon, at the Parc des Princes.

Rather dashing in the first period and leading (1-0) after the opener from Julian Draxler, Mauricio Pochettino's men were surprised in the second act after a gross recovery error from Marquihos and an equalizing goal signed by Rony Lopes .

It was finally necessary to wait for the last quarter of an hour and a high-class action initiated by Mbappé and concluded by Icardi on the pass and Kean on the finish to see PSG win.

“It was a professional game on our part, not necessarily brilliant but in these circumstances, it's difficult to play.

We put all the ingredients on the table, I'm happy with the attitude.

In each match, the objective is to win, win, win ”, first sent the Argentine coach before discussing his first big meeting, at Camp Nou, Tuesday, in the 8th finals to go from the Champions League.

Verratti fit for Tuesday?

Pochettino procrastinates

“Back at the hotel [where Pochettino is staying with his staff], we will start to think about the strategy, to see the state of form of each one.

(…) From now on, we can talk about Barcelona, ​​he admitted with a smile.

We have to be ready for Tuesday.

It's an important game.

The team will be ready.

The priority is to recover, recharge the batteries, both physically and mentally.

There will not be the opportunity to work a lot in the field, but we will be able to rely on the video, to do cognitive work.

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Deprived of Di Maria and Neymar, both injured, in Catalonia, Pochettino hopes to at least be able to count on Marco Verratti, also affected during the Classic against Marseille a week ago.

“Marco trained today [Saturday], he has a little pain.

We hope to count on him Tuesday but it is not easy, “dropped the former boss of Spurs, not necessarily the most optimistic about the Italian midfielder.

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