On the eve of the Champions League semi-final return against Dortmund, Luis Enrique was very relaxed. The Spanish technician even allowed himself to use irony in front of journalists.
PSG has a new encounter with its history. Beaten 1-0 in the first leg, the Parisians will have to repeat the quarter-final performance against Barça to try to qualify for the Champions League final. To do this, we will have to get rid of Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday evening at the Parc des Princes (9 p.m. on RMC Sport 1). Despite the youth of the squad – the youngest of the last four representatives – Luis Enrique has repeatedly said that his team will win.
But would a possible elimination in the semi-final be a failure for the Parisians? The Spanish coach gave a straightforward response to the question from a journalist from the show El Chiringuito. “It’s a very Spanish question. You always see the negative. Life goes on, there will be sunshine and when there is sunshine in Paris, it’s always wonderful. As a sportsman, we will applaud the opponent even if he doesn’t deserve it, we’ll congratulate him and the next day, we’ll be absolutely disgusted but we’ll be proud to say: ‘I’m getting up again, we’ll do it again next year.'”
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A “very good week” of preparation
Exempt from a Ligue 1 match this weekend, PSG had a full week to prepare for this meeting. A time largely taken advantage of by the group. “It was a very good week because we had a lot of time to show the team the room for improvement. It was a very good week because we had a lot of time to show the room for improvement to the team,” continued Luis Enrique.
“The objective is not to win with two goals difference but to win. Two goals difference seems far away, whereas if, in the 90th minute, you score a goal, it’s a draw (in the double confrontation). We can score two goals in three minutes, but also suffer, we have to play 100% concentrated in attack or defense. If we concede a goal, it doesn’t matter, we qualified against Barcelona. and if we score a goal, it changes the attitude of our opponents,” he added. The Germans have been warned.
