PSG travels to the Vélodrome stadium tomorrow evening to face Marseille, in the shock of this 9th day of Ligue 1. At a press conference, the Parisian technician urged his players to control their emotions and paid tribute to his Marseille counterpart.
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“From experience, in this type of match, everything you have done before has little importance, because it is a match with maximum tension, a great rivalry”, underlined Luis Enrique in a press conference at the PSG campus in Poissy (Yvelines).
“The high-tension matches, the most important, are the simplest matches on a mental level because there will be no lack of motivation, no player will remain frozen,” explained the former player and coach of Barça, who played numerous “clasicos” against Real Madrid.
“But be careful of excess motivation which can cause a blockage, you have to reach 100% but not 105%, be at the appropriate mental level, with emotions, but the head must always manage to control these emotions.”
Luis Enrique, PSG coach
“These are different matches. Since the start of the week, we have felt the obligation to win, a feeling that a football professional always wants to experience, to make his supporters happy,” he declared. .
Asked about the praise of new Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi towards him on Friday, Luis Enrique replied: “De Zerbi is an exciting coach that I followed at Brighton, I like the way he wants to dominate matches, his ability to get the players on board so that they play as he wishes “Before adding, with mischief: “I had a lot of fun watching his Brighton team and I hope to have less fun watching Marseille play tomorrow (Sunday). ).”
PSG is first in Ligue 1, tied on points (20) with Monaco, three points ahead of Marseille.
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