# How PSG Adapts Its Press for Kylian Mbappé

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2102768834683740631
- Source account: [@imkikosuarez](https://x.com/imkikosuarez)
- Source language: Spanish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 0:54
- Published: 2026-09-23
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/BopWIDW9do0v/en/how-psg-adapts-its-press-for-kylian-mbapp%C3%A9) We want that every time they play the 24 balls, we have one more here. How do we do it here? Gentlemen, run, run, and when there’s no need to run, you leave this player free.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/BopWIDW9do0v/en/how-psg-adapts-its-press-for-kylian-mbapp%C3%A9?t=12) And when he plays the ball and it comes back, you press him.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/BopWIDW9do0v/en/how-psg-adapts-its-press-for-kylian-mbapp%C3%A9?t=15) And who presses him? Barcola. What for? So that if they beat him, a fullback has the ball, not a midfielder.

[0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/BopWIDW9do0v/en/how-psg-adapts-its-press-for-kylian-mbapp%C3%A9?t=23) We are clearly constrained in our pressing by a player named Kylian Mbappé. Kylian Mbappé is a player who we— he isn’t a player who defends, he has never defended, he finds defending very difficult.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/BopWIDW9do0v/en/how-psg-adapts-its-press-for-kylian-mbapp%C3%A9?t=33) So, we have adapted the system so that in defense, Kylian Mbappé runs as little as possible. Why? Because he scores 50 goals and gets 25 assists. Since we don't want this to be either the last match in Champions League for Kylian Mbappé in the Paris Saint-Germain shirt, nor do we

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/BopWIDW9do0v/en/how-psg-adapts-its-press-for-kylian-mbapp%C3%A9?t=47) want it to be our last match in the Champions League, we changed the way we press. Kylian, if you don't run, it won't work.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/BopWIDW9do0v/en/how-psg-adapts-its-press-for-kylian-mbapp%C3%A9?t=53) That's how it is