Luis Enrique gave his players a huge blow last season at half-time in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Real Sociedad.
The walls of the Parc des Princes shook. Last season, Luis Enrique threw a huge tantrum in the locker room at halftime on the 8the first leg of the Champions League final against Real Sociedad (2-0).
Not at all satisfied with the performance of his players, the Spanish coach let his rage explode while throwing several bottles of water placed on a table.
While the two teams were tied at the break (0-0), the Parisian coach was quite irritated by his team’s inability to get the ball out.
“Six players are pressing us, only six, don’t think there are 16 of them. And we’re not able to get the ball out? If I have to be eliminated from the Champions League, I will be eliminated from the Champions League, it does not matter, but it will be while playing football!”, blurted out, quite irritated, Luis Enrique who at the heart of a documentary series broadcast by Movistar+, a new extract of which was broadcast on social networks.
He then approached a board to indicate the tactics to adopt in the second half and force the decision. “Every time we have the ball, we play now. Fabian, you play all your balls backwards. We’re not playing! If we have to lose, we will lose, but let’s try to play,” he added firmly. And this muscular speech bore fruit.
Returning from the locker room, Marquinhos and his teammates showed a different face and finally won thanks to goals from Kylian Mbappé and Bradley Barcola. In the return match, the Parisians validated their qualification for the quarter-finals thanks to a double from Kylian Mbappé (1-2).
