PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino singled out Marco Verratti for praise and explained his new role against Barcelona. ‘He is truly a great player.’
The Italy international is usually a deeper-lying midfielder, but in the 4-2-3-1 formation this evening at Camp Nou, he was pushed up into the ‘trequartista’ role behind striker Mauro Icardi.
It proved a masterstroke, as Verratti provided an assist for one of the goals in a Kylian Mbappé hat-trick.