On the eve of the shock between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, on the occasion of the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, Claude Makelele analyzed this meeting between two heavyweights of current European football in front of the press. Former midfielder who passed by the two stables, the Frenchman recognizes the qualities of PSG but is wary of the Merengues and welcomes the work of the Madrilene coach Xabi Alonso.
«PSG has had a very good season. If you look at what they did, it was the best team in the Champions League, they deserved the titlehe greeted. They continue to play well, but beware of Real Madrid: when it is a unique match, they are capable of everything. Of course he improves and that we start to see certain things, but the work of a coach is not done in one, two or three months. It takes one or two years. It's time to let him work, to let him build his project. Little by little, we will see progress, or at least what he wants for his team. We know Real Madrid, and we know how difficult it is to have time.Then questioned on Kylian Mbappé, who arrived at Real Madrid from PSG last summer, Makelele assured: “PSG would have won the Champions League if Mbappé had remained. But we cannot say no to Real Madrid. That's why he ended up leaving there».
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