PSG coach Luis Enrique said on Friday December 6 that he had no “nothing to complain about” to his players after the draw (0-0) against Auxerre and before the Champions League, and that it was just necessary “insist, insist” in front of the goal.
“The result does not reflect what we saw on the pitch”
“I have nothing to reproach my players […], they give everything, I’m not going to criticize them, even internally,” repeated the coach despite the 24 shots including 11 on target and no goals, “I have no doubt” that they will succeed, he added before the Champions League on Tuesday in Salzburg, “the doubts come from you”the media.
According to him, “the result does not reflect what we saw on the pitch, we must consider that we were facing the second best team at home, we will improve”more “it's not a mental problem”, he argued. “We must forget, move forward”, he said, “ To be more precise, it’s also thanks to the Auxerre goalkeeper who made good saves.”
“I repeat myself quite often because it's often the same problem: we play a good match, we have chances but we don't realize anything. That's the thing we're missing. We scored at the start of the season, now it's a little more complicated moment. There may be a lack of concentration in the last gesture, declared Warren Zaire-Emery, after the meeting, in the mixed zone, in comments reported by RMC Sports . It's a little more complicated period, but our matches are not bad. It's just that we can't make it happen. When one of us scores, it will happen with confidence. »
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“It’s one point but on a mental level it’s worth three,” declared AJA coach Christophe Pélissier, according to whom goalkeeper Donovan Leon “sublimated” this match. “You have to put in a lot of effort, be smart to cover each other, manage the spaces, and be successful because they hit the bar,” he continued.
