Luis Enrique's daring justifications for the Champions League fiasco

Is patience with Paris Saint-Germain's new project wearing thin? As always, the success of the QSI version of the capital club is judged through the prism of the Champions League. And seeing the Rouge et Bleu slip into 26th place in the standings, and therefore virtually eliminated, criticism continues to fall on the level of Luis Enrique's team. The word downgrade is now regularly used to describe the Ile-de-France team, particularly after its defeat against Bayern Munich. A shock where the reigning French champions showed nothing, especially in attack.

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Present this afternoon at a press conference, Luis Enrique was once again asked to explain this poor result. From the outset, the Spaniard was questioned about the famous theory of a Ligue 1 too weak to prepare PSG for the shocks of the C1. A hypothesis immediately dismissed out of hand by the former boss of La Roja. “What makes you think that L1 is not up to the standard? Look where Brest, Lille and Monaco are in the rankings. Everything around us has been negative for quite some time. I try to see the positive things. It’s obvious that the results are not what we want, but we have room for improvement in each competition”.

“The ranking in the Champions League is not deserved. We should have nine points.”

And in terms of positivism, Luis Enrique has spoiled us. Maybe a little too much. “I feel confident. The Champions League ranking is not deserved. We should have nine points, I think. Our ranking is not deserved. I'm not hiding behind it, the ranking reflects our scores. We can improve all aspects, but in no way am I pessimistic. Everything that is said affects the players because we are human beings, except on me because I don't read the press. I still think it's a situation that is similar to last season. I think our performance is better than last year”he said. And that's not all.

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While all the press was very worried about the famous downgrading of PSG on the European scene, Luis Enrique saw in his PSG the only team to have caused problems for Bayern Munich. “Winning at Bayern, at home, is complicated, they are one of the favorites for the final victory. We applied the same pressure as usual. For me the team was trustworthy, we complicated things at Bayern. I haven't seen a team that bothered Bayern more than us. I have more confidence than you. But I know that I am judged by results. You will emphasize what interests you. After analyzing the match, my team did well, we pressed, we hampered them. We could have done better at the start of the match. But in the first half, we had two good chances. We conceded this goal. From the moment they are 11 against 10, they dominate the match, but for me there are more positive things than negative things. » If he complained of an ambient negativism around his team, it is not with this kind of media outing that the Spaniard is going to fix things.

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