Luis Enrique, “the new star in France”

It is nothing more and nothing less than the newspaper L’Equipe the one with this title this Tuesday, on the eve of Borussia Dortmund-PSG: “Luis Enrique, the new star”. And the examiner of that, after the march of Leo Messi, Neymar and the imminent arrival of Kylian Mbappé, Luis Enrique became the main incarnation of the project of PSG.

And, always according to the aforementioned medium, the PSG of past years is defined by its stars. He Ibrahimovic’s PSG. He Neymar’s PSG. He PSG of MNM (Messi-Neymar-Mbappé) and finally the Mbappé’s PSG. Now the star-system is coming and, says L’Équipe, the new star is Luis Enrique.

It’s not always the time that the former coach of Barcelona and former coach of Spain PSG Became easy. Among other things, he had to manage the ‘Mbappé case’ until the future of the star became clear, then the playing hours of the figure of figures of the national team France.

But the truth is, after winning the 12th Ligue 1 in a row and eliminating the Barcelona In rooms, Luis Enrique He has shown himself as the coach who can guide the Parc des Princes team the first Champions League in its history.

For now, this Wednesday will be the first leg of the semi-finals match Borussia Dortmundwhere the PSG They now face the league’s group F, the so-called ‘death’ group. He Borussia Dortmund qualified for the round of 16 as first in the group and PSG as second. But, in their direct confrontations, the Parisian won 2-0 at the Parc des Princes. At Signal Iduna Park, 1-1. Everyone’s sights are set on June 1, the final at Wembley.

It will be sLuis Enrique’s second Champions League as coachafter the achievement at the Olympiastadion in Berlin with the head of Barcelona in 2014-15 (1-3 in the final against Juventus).

It is the seal of collective power Luis Enrique has printed that one PSG champion, the one hoping to become the second French team to win the Champions (at the back of Marseilleswhich achieved this in 1992-93 after beating 1-0 in Milan).