The Spanish channel Movistar+ broadcast a new extract from the documentary dedicated to Luis Enrique in which the PSG coach gives a very energetic tactical speech to Kylian Mbappé to encourage him to defend by taking Michael Jordan, appreciated by the French star, as an example.
The Spanish channel Movistar+ broadcast a teaser for the second episode of the series dedicated to Luis Enrique during the 2023-2024 season which will be broadcast on Monday. And it is a strong passage between the Parisian coach and his attacker Kylian Mbappé before the quarter-final second leg of the Champions League against FC Barcelona. After the first leg defeat (2-3) in Paris, the Spanish technician took the star aside in the amphitheater to urge him to defend more, taking, for this, the example of Michael Jordan, legend of the NBA and idol of Mbappé. He reminded him how much of a leader the latter was in the way he involved everyone in the defensive efforts. Very incisive and expressive, Luis Enrique insisted on this facet of the game in front of the captain of the France team, without a word.
“I want you to leave here through the front door, Kiki.”
“I read that you liked Michael Jordan,” he begins. “Michael Jordan was grabbing all his teammates by the balls and defending like a son of a bitch… You have to set that example. First as a person and as a player to go press. You have to go press Cubarsi, you have to to be the one who marks Cubarsi and ter Stegen, you will spend the whole match pressuring Cubarsi not to advance and ter Stegen to play quickly and come back quickly. Why? because you think you have to score goals for us Of course because you are a phenomenon, a great world player, without a doubt, but that doesn’t matter to me.
“A real leader is that, when you can’t help us with goals – because the other day you had two top players on you and you couldn’t help us – you help us with everything who is defensive. You say: ‘guys, on the defensive line, stay with four and I will take my two players!’. Barcola, Gonçalo (Ramos) or Marco Asensio, you set the example to press and you know what we’ll have? A fucking team machine.”
“This is what I want you to do as leader here in the two months that you have left,” concludes Luis Enrique. “I want you to leave here through the front door, Kiki. You have to earn it. And you have to earn it by not attacking. By attacking, I know you are God, there is no one like you , I know that. But the day you don’t attack, you have to be the best player in history in defense, he’s Michael Jordan. Is that clear to you? Well, I’ll explain the attack to you tomorrow…” At the end of the sequence, the center forward acquiesces, then gets up and leaves the room. Paris finally won 4-1 in Catalonia, before falling in the semi-final against Dortmund. Mbappé joined Real Madrid last summer.
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