Luis Enrique coach of Paris Saint-Germain, attacked the press again when, in the preview of the semi-final (first leg) of the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park, they asked him about his team which is considered the great favorite of the tie
“You see, that’s why the press knows almost nothing about football. I’ve been arguing for a long time. It doesn’t matter,” answered Luis Enrique, who then highlighted: “The good thing is to be here to enjoy a very special game, on a field that I can say is unique in Europe and has the possibility to give great joy to our fans by qualifying for a final.”
“Not reaching the final is a disappointment”
The Asturian coach assured that “the line that separates victory from defeat is increasingly thin” and pointed out that PSG is under no greater pressure thanOther semi-finalists include Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, although he admitted: “For any of the four teams not to reach the final would be a disappointment, there’s no doubt we’re no different.”
Luis Enrique predicted a match “with many goals. I think it will be similar to us both playing in the quarterfinals, because of the way we interpret football, them and us.” PSG eliminated Barcelona in the quarterfinals after losing at home 2-3 and returning to Montjuïc with 1-4, meanwhile, Dortmund lost to Madrid (2-1) and also returned to Germany (4-2).
“We came to win”
“It’s not in our manual to go out and think, we came to win our football, and I think it will be a worthy spectacle for everyone, who will have goals because of the ability of both team to reach the rival goal ,” he analyzed.
Luis Enrique remembered that it was in the same stadium and in the same press conference as in Decemberafter the last group stage match in Dortmund (1-1), After narrowly missing out on qualifying for the round of 16, he said they will improve and considers that they have done so “in all aspects of the game.”
“Not everything is done, everything needs to be done”
“We are better defensively, on the offensive level. We can still improve, it is one of the characteristics of our way of managing a club and team, we are always demanding, we consider that not everything is done, that everything remains to be it’s over,” said Luis Enrique.
Although he admitted that they have “weak points,” he indicated that he always thinks his team is “better than the rival” and tries not to make them stand out on the field, while pointing out that they are out “to seek victory by the ball.” , dominate the rival”.
“There’s only one game”
In that sense, he stressed that they did not face the first leg with the thought of returning to the Parc des Princes later. “You don’t have to think about the second game, there’s only one game,” he remarked.
Luis Enrique hopes his team will be free after the return to Barcelona, PSG’s first after losing a match in the first leg.
“Age doesn’t matter, maturity matters”
Regarding the fact of managing the youngest squad in the Champions League, he considered it an unimportant fact because “age is not important, the maturity of the players is important”, although he recognized that it was “something positive for the future of the club.
Luis Enrique acknowledged the contribution of Vitinha in the midfield, “one of the best players in the team this season” and emphasized: “He has improved a lot in the defensive aspect and I think I am partly to blame for that.”
Source: La Verdad
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