Aftershocks of the Madrid earthquake .. Paris Saint-Germain plans to oust its coach

French press reports revealed that Paris Saint-Germain is planning to oust Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino, after the team bid farewell to the Champions League, after the 3-1 loss he suffered against his Spanish counterpart Real Madrid in the second leg of the 16th round of the competition, Wednesday evening.

Paris Saint-Germain, who ended the first leg with a clean goal, then advanced in the first half of yesterday's meeting, failed to maintain this progress and received a historic hat-trick from Karim Benzema within 17 minutes, to bid farewell to the competition early.

According to the French newspaper, “Le Parisien”, the Paris Saint-Germain administration is seriously considering dismissing Argentine Mauricio Pochettino from his position, after the 3-1 loss he suffered against Real Madrid, and as a result he was bid farewell to the Champions League from the round of 16.

The Argentine coach had taken over the Paris team in January of 2021, succeeding former German manager Thomas Tuchel, who left to coach Chelsea. The former French star Zinedine Zidane is the most prominent candidate to succeed Pochettino in the training of the Parisian team during the coming period