Posted on December 20, 2021 at 11:15 am by HG While Xavi Simons had a very good match this Sunday despite a still very uncertain future with PSG, Mauricio Pochettino did not hide his joy for the 18-year-old midfielder. That's it, Xavi Simons has finally had some playing time this season with the professional team! Indeed, during the 32nd final match of Coupe de France against Feignies-Aulnoye this Sunday (3-0 victory for the Parisians), the 18-year-old Dutchman was offered 90 minutes of play and his first start in an official match of his career at PSG . And the least that can be said is that the former FC Barcelona playerdid not disappoint as he was interesting, especially in the positioning and with his fast play in a touch of the ball having visibly pleased Kylian Mbappé , who played on him several times . In short, this premiere went wonderfully for Xavi Simons . And at the end of the meeting, Mauricio Pochettino made no secret of his satisfaction at a press conference when discussing his case. “Xavi Simons had a very good game, and especially for 90 minutes, like the other youngsters. They fight and train well. They usually play with the U19s and this type of match gives them the opportunity to integrate, to stay with the players of the first team and to create automatisms which will be important to them for the future ”, confided the coach of the PSG in comments reported by CulturePSG thus giving an appointment for the future. It remains to be seen whether this praise will give Xavi Simons playing time again this Wednesday against Lorient . The stakes are high: at the end of the contract on June 30, the player represented by Mino Raiola calls for a real project in the first team to agree to extend to PSG , which is not the case in the current state of things and which leads him to be announced on departure. Will this change after this match, Mauricio Pochettino opening the door to its inclusion in his statement? To be continued in the coming days … 
“Xavi Simons had a very good match”
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