The Italian was a key figure in Paris Saint-Germain’s 2-0 victory over Les Pitchouns on Friday and his exploits earned him huge praise from the coach and team-mates
Les Parisiens’ summer signing from Palermo provided the assist for Javier Pastore’s opening goal against TFC at Parc des Princes, and his overall performance was crucial in the Parisiens’ second win of the campaign.
And the 19-year old has been complimented by his team-mates for his man of the match performance on Friday.
Verratti’s fellow summer signing from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029, has praised the qualities of the talented midfielder.
While talking to reporters after Paris Saint-Germain’s impressive victory against Toulouse, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 international, who scored the second goal of the match, stated that Marco Verratti is an exceptional talent, and is destined for greatness.
"He is not good, he is great," Ibrahimovic told reporters.
Verratti’s fellow country man, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-Motta-c34897, has echoed Ibrahimovic sentiments about the Italian, citing him a great talent.
The Italy international praised the youngster for his impressive outing at Parc des Princes. Hailing the talents of the former Palermo midfielder, Motta stated that despite only being 19, Verratti is an exceptional player, who can take the world by storm
in coming years.
“Even though he is young, he has a lot of confidence. He is a big player," said the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 player.
Marco Verratti received a yellow card in the game for a ruthless challenge, and coach, Carlo Ancelotti feels that the youngster was wrong to make a tackle like that and has urged him to avoid making such silly mistakes in future.
"He was wrong. He is usually aggressive so it is best to avoid [things like that], but he played a good match," he said
The 19-year-old has expressed his satisfaction over his performance against Toulouse, but is not getting carried away.
“This was probably my best game, but the team also played well. I still have to grow a lot," stated the 19-year-old.
The Italian added that competition for places is fierce and he needs to be at his best in order to cement a place in the starting eleven.
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