Questioned by Ligue 1+ after PSG’s victory in Strasbourg, Luis Enrique appreciated taking the three points despite a failed first period. But the PSG coach made it clear that the championship was far from over and that he expected a difficult end against Lens and the others.
Congratulations on this victory, because everyone had to do a little more in the last quarter at 10 against 11 to get this victory.
“Thank you, thank you. It’s nice to win this match. I don’t remember any easy matches here, because Strasbourg is a team with a lot of very young players, but with a lot of qualities, and their coach too. It was very complicated in the first half, there were a lot of inaccuracies, we didn’t play in the opposing half. We were able to improve that in the second half but it was very difficult. When we had the opportunity to play with 10, it was even more difficult. I’m happy because it’s an important victory but we need to improve, of course. »
Happy with the reaction in the second half. Also happy with your entrants. I imagine that we also had to bring a little experience in the second half to win or not?
“I think that when you have this type of match, when you are imprecise, when you don’t have the precision you normally have, it’s difficult to create actions in attack and score goals. We tried to change that after the half-time talk, to have more confidence, to arrive in the penalty area with many more players. And I don’t know if we deserved this victory but it’s very good for us, for our confidence and for what we were looking for. »
Coach, an important point, your replacements. Last time, it was Gonçalo Ramos, this evening, Lee Kang-in who made a superb comeback. How do you, as a manager, do what the words are? How do you speak to these players so that they are always present with you?
“We are very happy. Every time we have the opportunity to play matches of this difficulty, it’s important to know who has the level. This team is very different. At the moment, Lee is back in the team, in the squad, and for us it is important to have all the support of the players who are not playing at the start of the match. »
Sixth victory in a row in Ligue 1, nine victories in the last ten matches, how does the rest look like? There is a busy month of February, and the month of March as well. We were talking about the rise in power earlier with your deputy Rafel Pol. Do you feel this rise in power coming which will be crucial for the coming weeks?
“I think it’s the sixth consecutive victory in Ligue 1. This League is very difficult. Everyone says it’s easy, there is a team like Lens who have won ten of their last twelve matches. These are incredible stats and they deserve to be here with us. And it will be difficult because there are also Marseille and Lyon, who are improving their performances. It will be a difficult final championship game. »
A word perhaps about this guard post. You said you like to spin. There, as long as Matvey Safonov is performing as well as he is, will he stay or not?
” I don’t know. It depends. It depends on performance, it depends on life, it depends on what I can say. As a coach, it’s great for me to have three goalkeepers of this level. »
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