Luis Enrique Confident in PSG’s Champions League Chances and Criticizes Media Ahead of Semi-Final Clash

Luis Enrique did Luis Enrique. Spent at a press conference on Tuesday, on the eve of the Champions League semi-final first leg between Borussia Dortmund and their PSG, the Parisian technician hammered home the same message as usual: no, PSG has not not have to bear a mountain of pressure, while the C1 final is within reach. According to him, it’s quite the opposite, it’s only happiness, even if at PSG “everything is pressure”.

“We will try to take advantage of this special match, which we will play in a unique stadium in Europe, with the possibility of giving enormous joy to our supporters. The competition par excellence in Europe is coming, we must manage the pressure well and our ambitions. We are arriving at a perfect time of the season!”, underlined the PSG coach, not without sending a little dig to the journalists after being questioned about the favorite status of the capital club in this double confrontation. “That’s why I often say that the press knows nothing about football. I’m sorry”

We are better in every aspect

The former coach of FC Barcelona and the Spanish selection once again supported the progress made over several months by his group. He also smiled when recalling that it was in Dortmund, at the same place in mid-December, that he had arranged to meet at the end of the season to see that his team would be different and in the good sense of the word. .

“I think we are better in all aspects, there are only two players who are not available: Sergio Rico and Presnel Kimpembe. We have improved in defense, in attack, but we can still do better “It’s one of the characteristics when you manage a club and a team, you have to be demanding. We are in a process of improvement, we have improved throughout the season.”

Age is not important

The Asturian sees a match similar to the quarter-finals in progress. “We will try to win it with our football. I still think that my team is the best. We are not perfect, we have lost matches this season. But we must have in our heads that we are better than Dortmund Our objective will be to have the ball to win the match. We have the means to reach the final, to manage the pressure, to play well.

Concerning the youth of his squad – Paris has the team with the lowest average age of the four semi-finalists – Luis Enrique refused to make it a weakness. “If we lose, it’s because we’re young, if we win it’s thanks to the lottery?”, he got carried away. “Age is not important. We see it in cycling in particular, where the players are younger and younger. In football too. Young people are ready. I don’t like it when we criticize young people . I think about the maturity of the players, the way they train, not their age. I don’t care about their age, whether they are 55 or 16.”

Luis Enrique

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2024-04-30 16:33:00
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