Luis Enrique did not appreciate PSG’s first period during their draw in Nice this Sunday, at the end of the seventh day of Ligue 1 (1-1). The Parisian coach even assures that he could have replaced half of his team after returning from the locker room.
Approximate, messy and clumsy. PSG got off to a sluggish start to the match on the Nice pitch this Sunday, at the end of the seventh day of Ligue 1 (1-1). Despite their control of the ball, the Parisians have long failed to make the difference in the den of the Gym. Enough to annoy their coach Luis Enrique, even if the French champions were clearly better in the second half.
“There was a level of imprecision which is not usual for most players, on fairly easy things that we usually succeed in. There, we had a very high level of errors,” said regretted the Parisian coach, who brought out Randal Kolo Muani at half-time to start Kang-in Lee. “At the break, I could have made five changes perfectly. No problem. Five players could have very well come off, but I only made one and it was this one,” said Luis Enrique.
“We weren’t really into it,” admits Barcola
An observation shared by Bradley Barcola, author of a rather timid match for the Aiglons. “In the first half, we weren’t really into it,” admitted the PSG winger on DAZN. “We woke up well in the second. It’s a shame we didn’t capitalize on our chances. There are games like that. It’s always difficult to play here. We shouldn’t have played the first like the second. second. What are we missing? Maybe more desire, I don’t know…” The same goes for Gianluigi Donnarumma, who spoke in the mixed zone: “The first period was nothing. not good, we have to do better. We have to improve that because it’s very important. We were better in the second half then we conceded again so I’m very angry about that, we have to be more aggressive. .”
Luis Enrique still appreciated the rise in power of his team at the Allianz Riviera. By saluting the mentality of his protégés. “I am proud that after a bad first half, I insist bad, my players maintained a positive state of mind,” said the Spanish technician. “Especially with the end of the first half, where there was this aggression (from Dante) on Hakimi in a phase without the ball. It’s something that would have deserved to be analyzed, but it was my players who received two warnings for protesting In the second half, there were no protests from any of my players. They did everything they could to turn the tide of the game, even though it would have been easy to complain.
“A better start than last season”, for Luis Enrique
Asked about the start of the season for his team, now second in Ligue 1 with two points behind Monaco and three points ahead of OM and Reims, the PSG coach made an optimistic statement: “I am not not the type to put notes before the end of the season, but I think that our start to the season has been very promising. I like what I see and I think that the start of the season has been better than that of. last season, now the most important thing is missing, which is to win the championship and be competitive in all competitions.
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