During his presentation press conference, Gian Piero Gasperini, now coach of AS Roma, praised Paris Saint-Germain, notably for the evolution of the tactical project operated under Luis Enrique with the successive departures of Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi. He took the opportunity to detail his collective philosophy by indirectly tackling the three former Parisian stars.
“”Today, in modern football, we attack and defend. Today, in modern football, what matters is to be a team. What we see of PSG is extraordinary. They lost Messi, Mbappé, Neymar. They achieved goals that they had never achieved in their lives with strong and very well chosen players. I think football today is it. These are the principles. There are no others. Today, football is changing, and it changes as a team at a high speed, we don't realize it.»»