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PSG: A stroke of genius at Guardiola for Luis Enrique?
Published on May 2, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
At PSG, Luis Enrique has already seen his destiny as a former player and coach of FC Barcelona catch up with him. Indeed, the Paris Saint-Germain coach, by chance of the Champions League draw, had to meet Barça in the quarter-finals. As a result, Enrique eliminated his favorite club from the competition. And it seems that Luis Enrique is on the verge of achieving a sad record held by Barça in the year of the coronation of Pep Guardiola’s team in C1. Explanations.
In Germany, the PSG continued a sad tradition of his season. Indeed, as part of the semi-final first leg of the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain traveled to the pitch of the Borussia Dortmund Wednesday evening (0-1). At Signal Iduna Park, the uprights vibrated. In the second half, Kylian Mbappé hit the right post of the goal Gregor Kobelbefore‘Achraf Hakimi does the same a few seconds later, but at the left post. And this bad luck in the last gesture is not new for the PSG since the start of this edition of the Champions League.
Ousmane Dembélé the cursed, subscribed to the amounts
During the defeat conceded by the PSG at the Parc des princes facing the FC Barcelona on April 10 during the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League, Ousmane Dembélé had found the uprights on his attempt with the flat of his foot. Outgoing post. And before the double post found Wednesday evening by Kylian Mbappé And Ashraf Hakimithere was another signed “Dembouz”.
During the group stage, Ousmane Dembélé had already been unlucky. On the lawn of theAC Milanthe French world champion was deprived of a goal at San Siro by the crossbar (1-2).
Vitinha unhappy in the groups…again against Dortmund!
Kylian Mbappé And Ashraf Hakimi were in turn deprived of a goal in quick succession on Wednesday evening because of the amounts of Gregor Kobel. However, these were not the only situations against the Borussia Dortmund this season. In the group stage, in September 2023, Vitinha had also stumbled on the amounts of the BvB during the meeting PSG – Dortmund which had finally turned in favor of Paris Holy–Germain (2-0).
Can PSG equal the sad record of Guardiola’s Barça… before the apotheosis?
In all, the PSG hit the posts 10 times during this Champions League campaign. A clumsiness and bad luck which, however, are not without parallel. Because in fact, over the last 20 editions of the C1, a club has done worse than the Paris Holy–Germain. In 2010/2011, the FC Barcelona of Pep Guardiola had hit the posts and crossbars 11 times. But in the end, the team Guardiola, Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernández and many others had been crowned European champions against Manchester United in the final (3-1).
And while the PSG is on the verge of the final at Wembley on June 1, even though the men of Luis Enrique bowed on the smallest of margins to Dortmund facing Borussia in the semi-final first leg (1-0), the story could be good for the PSG if he were to imitate the bad luck of FC Barcelona of 2011 with a Champions League at stake.
