Luis Enrique was able to breathe a big sigh of relief in Salzburg on Tuesday evening at the final whistle. And for good reason, PSG beat the Austrian club on home soil with a score of 3 goals to 0. An away Champions League match without conceding a single goal. This hadn't happened in four years.
The PSG needed to get some air. In Austrian lands, the men of Luis Enrique won Tuesday evening against the RB Salzburgwhich was the 2nd success of the Paris Saint–Germain in 6 regular season days of Champions League. There are therefore two matches left for the French champion, against Manchester City and the VfB Stuttgart on January 22 and 29 to validate your ticket for the 1/16 finals of C1.
A victory and a clean sheet for PSG away!
But that is the concern of the year 2025. For the moment, PSG has enjoyed its victory with three goals scored: one by Gonçalo Ramosthe second by Nuno Mendes and the last by Désiré Doué while managing to keep his clean sheet (3-0). A small feat given the Parisian setbacks in this sector of the game since the start of its European campaign, but not only that.
Luis Enrique and his PSG end a black streak of 21 matches in C1
Indeed, as West France underlines this Wednesday, the PSG version Luis Enrique ended a poor run of 21 games without a clean sheet away in Champions League. October 28, 2020 was the last perfect defensive copy of the Paris Saint–Germain in C1 far from Princes Park against Istanbul Basaksehir (2-0). Four years during which Mauricio Pochettino et Christophe Galtier failed as well as Luis Enriqueuntil Tuesday evening. It remains to be seen whether this great performance will launch the series of victories of the PSG for the next two releases of C1 in January.