Luis Enrique praising Espaly after difficult PSG victory (Coupe de France)

Luis Enrique after Espaly (N3)-PSG (2-4): “I would like to congratulate Lionel (Vaillant, Espaly’s trainer) and our opponent, for their performance. They gave us a hard time. It was a difficult match, they scored us two goals and held on for a long time. I’m not making excuses, but we played on a rugby field. It’s a fact. My players had the right attitude and persevered.

Opposite, they defended very well, they were very well organized and they closed all the spaces. It is not disrespectful to have said to (Matthew) Safonov to prepare for the penalty shootout. We simply wanted to anticipate all possible scenarios. »