Pep Guardiola has the first important game of the season. Almost like a final, we talk about the match Paris Saint-Germain on the penultimate day of Champions Leaguethat both teams are below expectations and that could be left in the next round. A rivalry in which the Catalans also meet Luis Enriquewhich he defended and praised, as the PSG player did that morning in the pre-match press conference.
Signatures of Khusanov and Reis: “Welcome to our family. They are young, they have come a long time. They are different. Khusanov is in Ligue 1, an incredible physique and we hope he can adapt as soon as possible. And Vitor has a great talent. In the Champions League they can’t play unless they qualify for the Premier, I can see them mentally prepared.
Walker’s Future: “No news.”
Key duels: “Both teams have an important game. But we have another one later, we don’t know how many points we need to qualify mathematically. The same goes for winning. It’s the most difficult moment of the season because of the problems we’ there is, we have to accept it. And if we have not been worthy we have not been enough, we have to accept it.
The new Champions format: “The end will reflect how it went. But you play against Juventus, Inter, PSG… they are strong teams, it can happen. When we played against Sporting they were the leader in Portugal. The same thing happened with PSG, played they had good games against Atlético and PSV, but they were unable to win. Once the group stage is over it is possible to assess whether it has been positive for everyone.
City improvement: “The result is good, but the performance was only on the last day. The others we are not that good, but where we came from, the result is important. But with the upcoming calendar, what is important remains, the big rivals”.
Foden regains the level: “He was not available to play. We played a big part of the season without the best player in the world (Rodri) and the best in the Premier League last season (Foden). Without his goals and his assists. We had the problems that people know. The challenge is to get out of this situation without them, now we got them and we hope to be there in the Premier League and the Now Stones are back, we are happy, because We have shortcomings in such a position We have maintained our intensity, that we’ve had the last 9-10 years people will come back and we’ll see what happens every game.
Foden’s mood: “We talk a little, we tell Phil we love him, no matter how he does it. We’re there for him. You can see in his face, he talks more, laughs more, is more involved in the locker room… . More sad he used to Because of injuries, because of the Euro Cup… I don’t know since he debuted, he’s been getting better every year, sometimes you go backwards, it’s normal that you realize the best players in history, constant Messi and Cristiano every season.”
Complicated situation if you lose: “We haven’t been at our best the last two months. We fell after starting well and now we are where we are. It is what it is, life is not always perfect. How you define yourself as a player is how you react in such situations.”
Luis Enrique: “I love everything about Luis Enrique and the way he plays. If he plays a forward, he will be criticized for using him if there are no results and if he also goes to a false nine. One of the best world team , throughout history, Barça has played with a false nine known more by Luis and Dembélé, the experience of Marquinhos… people say, it’s always easy to win, but it’s not, apart from my connection with Luis, in Barcelona and because of the relationship of our families, we can be friends forever disagreeing on things, but the intention is always good, I love him, I think he loves us, we have an incredible connection with many thing PSG tomorrow but after that the relationship is always there.”
Next to Klopp, the toughest rivals: “I started a little before him, because I was a little older. After Klopp, the hardest team I faced was Luis Enrique’s Barça. What a team they are… It’s not copy and paste. It’s Luis Enrique’s team, with the good and the bad They deserve respect They run, they press, they keep the ball, they are dynamic… But for PSG, it seems like winning the league is not enough and the above forget that it is a bit unfair , because I know how much it is poverty.
Source: La Verdad
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