Youri Tielemans supported Emi Martinez in chief of Aston Villa chief, Emi Martinez, to manage the abuses of the crowd at home during the confusion of the Champions League of Wednesday with Paris Saint-Germain.
Martinez is one of the main bad guys from the French sports public thanks to its antics after helping Argentina to beat France in the 2022 World Cup final, and it seemed to pour fuel to the fire by going to Paris by carrying a ceiling displaying the four titles which it has won internationally.
The 32 -year -old goalkeeper is sure to receive a fierce welcome from PSG supporters, but Tielemans insists that Martinez will be completely imperturbable.
“I don’t care – we are here to play the game and I don’t mind that it is with Emi as long as he remains respectful in terms of football,” said the villa midfielder.
“It’s probably his style. He is ready for the game and did not tell us differently about the way he does it before any other game. He is concentrated and awaits impatiently.
Villa will be outsiders to reach the last four, but thanks to the European experience of the boss Unai Emery, who reached the semi-finals of this competition with Villarreal and won the Europa League four times, they went to France full of optimism.
Emi Martinez was supported to deal with the mistreatment of PSG fans, by teammate Youri Tielemans
Martinez prospered against abuse in France last year when you help Aston Villa to beat Lille
Unai Emery insists that her goalkeeper is mature and improves to control his emotions
Emery spent two years in charge of the French champions and the last time he faced the current PSG Luis Enrique will forever be engraved on his memory.
Despite the head 4-0 after the first leg, the Emery PSG team was eliminated from the Champions League in 2017 by Barcelona d’Enrique, which won the return match at Nou Camp 6-1.
Tielemans added: “The manager knows what is a step and he has a plan in place. We are ready to play.
Asked about Martinez, Emery added: “He is mature. He is responsible. He improves to control his emotions. He is a better goalkeeper than he was when he joined Villa in 2020.
“Now my conversations with him are the same – focus on football, on your individual challenges and try to manage everything you realize. Try to control the emotion it brings you.