While PSG was finishing the match in Angers, Luis Enrique and his staff learned of the death of the wife of one of his closest assistants, Rafel Pol (2nd from the right in the photo).
PSG's evening ended in sadness this Saturday evening in Angers, and not really because of the two goals conceded in stoppage time (2-4). At the end of the game and as Luis Enrique explained on PSG TV, the Parisian technical staff learned of the death of Raquel, the wife of one of the most loyal assistants of Parisian coach Rafel Pol.
Logically very touched given how close the two men have been for years, the coach had a few words for the deceased at the microphone of PSG TV, expressing the condolences of an entire club for the family of Raquel and that of his assistant, well obviously not present in Angers given the circumstances.
“I’m taking advantage of the fact that I’m speaking on club television. First of all, we want to dedicate this victory to a very important person for the staff, Rafel's wife, Raquel, who unfortunately passed away today. I am the spokesperson for all of us at Paris Saint-Germain. We want to dedicate this victory to Rafel, his family and Raquel’s family. Our most sincere support and all the strength in the world. Raquel will never leave, she will always be with us. It's a very sad moment. We learned of his death just at the end of the match. »
Arriving in Paris in July 2023 with Luis Enrique when the latter took over the reins of the first team, Rafel Pol however quickly left the Paris region to return to live in Spain without reason filtering through at the time. The renowned assistant has been working remotely for more than a year and was therefore watching over his wife who was suffering from a long illness. He wrote her some farewell words on his Instagram account:
