Luis Enrique praises Barcola and breaks silence after signing Kvaratskhelia

Yesterday afternoon, Paris Saint-Germain scored an extremely important success on the lawn of Racing Club de Lens (2-1), which allows them to once again temporarily regain a ten-point lead over Olympique de Marseille. A victory that Luis Enrique obviously savored: “It was a very competitive, very difficult game. All matches are difficult and it's hard to attack a rival who defends well like that, with character, aggressiveness. The three matches against them have been difficult this season. The match started well, with control. The problems arrived in the second part of the first half when Lens were more dangerous. But the second half was of a higher standard, with more chances. The pace was insufficient in the first and we realized that we had to look for more depth. I am very happy with the victory, we are in a good dynamic to prepare for a competition (the Champions League and the match against Manchester City on Wednesday) where we have a lot of hopes” he declared at a press conference and in comments reported by L'Equipe.

All before praising Bradley Barcola, author of the winning goal: “He's having an exceptional season, he scored in the Cup (of France, Wednesday) and gave an assist, he also made an assist and scored here in Ligue 1. It's a magnificent season. Players are not machines, there is not a button to turn them on. You always have to give your best and when they lack foresight, I always tell them to come and help in defense and participate in the efforts. We all have confidence in him, these goals will give him a little more confidence too and he responds to this confidence with work. This is the best season of his career.”

The Spaniard also did not escape a question about the arrival of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. A signature that makes him happy: “We wanted to sign him from the start. He has experience, personality, he knows how to score, how to dribble, he knows how to defend… It's a very good signing, a very good reinforcement for an already excellent squad and I hope we will be able to demonstrate it” he declared before concluding on the absence of Achraf Hakimi yesterday at Bollaert-Delelis: “There is nothing important or serious. He is not injured. He had some strange situations during training, he played a lot so I think he needed to be rested.“

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