Dream Of Reaching Champions League Trophy Disappeared, Mauricio Pochettino Angry When Real Madrid Lost PSG

JAKARTA - The coach of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Mauricio Pochettino, could not hide his anger after the second leg of the Champions League last 16 against Real Madrid, Thursday, March 10, early morning WIB. A 1-3 defeat in that match crushed PSG's hopes of winning the Champions League trophy.

The club nicknamed Les Parisiens was eliminated after losing 2-3 on aggregate. In fact, they won 1-0 in the first leg.

"Paris Saint-Germain has been chasing the Champions League title for years. I am very disappointed, angry, but anything can happen," Pochettino was quoted as saying by Sky Sport.

PSG actually took the lead first through Kylian Mbappe's goal in the 39th minute. However, things turned tense for PSG in the second half.

Real Madrid could turn things around through a hat trick made by Karim Benzema in the 61st, 76th and 78th minutes.

The situation really made Pochettino lost his way. He admits the atmosphere of the game has changed drastically.

He did not deny the opening goal from El Real made the team's concentration dispersed and often made mistakes. "The first goal, completely changed the course of the game. We made a lot of mistakes after that, we can't say we didn't make mistakes," he explained.

"The worst feeling was that we were the better team, but we were beaten within 10 minutes," Pochettino said.

This failure made PSG extend their series of failures in their mission to win trophies in the Champions League. The news that Pochettino will be sacked has spread again.