Club: Barcola reframed by Luis Enrique on his defensive work

Still decisive on Saturday against Lens, with a nice assist for Ousmane Dembélé, Bradley Barcola spoke to the Parisian the day after PSG's 1-0 victory against the Sang et Or. The current top scorer in Ligue 1, with 8 achievements, talks about his change in status, his difficulties in the Champions League or also what Luis Enrique told him to make him more decisive.

“He always told me that what I was doing was very good, but he reminded me that I was first and foremost an attacker and what we ask of an attacker is to score. I had to incorporate that into my game. If I integrated it, it was certain that I was going to be a very, very good player”confided Bradley Barcola, who is striving this season to be decisive in every match: “You really have to put that in place in your head to say: “Today, I have to do something!” »

“I started defending less, and he liked it less”

And if it works very well for the moment, with 8 goals but also 2 assists since the start of the season, Barcola must also help his team and his side by defending, which he has tended to do less compared to last year, to the great dismay of Luis Enrique, who did not fail to reframe it.

“I started defending less, and he liked it less. We must have seen each other two or three times during discussion sessions and it's really interesting. During the match, we don't realize the small efforts that we can make for the team but which can optimize performance”confided Barcola, who recognized that the reframing of Luis Enrique was justified and had proven beneficial.

“Why was I defending less? In fact, I did it without realizing it. When the coach caught me at the end of the matches, I said to myself: “He’s exaggerating, I defended there, that’s not possible. » But seeing him on video made me understand that he was totally right. I added it to my palette and even in the match on Saturday, against Lens, I made a lot of effort”he added.