Luis Enrique rejects the suggestions of new harmony while the PSG finally aims to end the expectation of the Champions League
Luis Enrique will lead Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday Paris to the Champions League final against Inter Milan with his team on the edge of a triple, but he does not believe that their success this season is the result of a new harmony.
PSG once again dominated Ligue 1 and has kept the Coupé de France with a 3-0 victory against Reims last weekend, but it was their improvements on the Champions League scene that were widely praised this season.
They reached the semi-finals under Luis Enrique Last Campaign, but their progress towards the final term, which saw them knocking down three teams from the Premier League in Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal, took a lot because he came after the departure of Kylian Mbappe at Real Madrid.
With the Mbappe era, which also saw Neymar and Lionel Messi try not to win the Champions League with PSG, now in the past, a common chorus this season concerned the unity that Luis Enrique now seems to have without him.
But this is not an observation that Luis Enrique accepts.
“We have had this harmony from the start,” he said at his pre-match press conference. “Maybe it’s just something you didn’t want to see.
“I have been the same person from the start, since last season, nothing has changed. They changed. They changed. [the players] Always play with the glass half full. I play their strengths, I try to make them improve individually. »»
While PSG had the chance to survive a return from the second leg leg in the quarter -finals, they were the best side through both legs against Liverpool before winning penalties. Unlike the vision of the boss of Arsenal Mikel Arteta, PSG was the dominant team in the last draw with the Gunners.
In short, they took up the challenge at each point with direct elimination towers, and Luis Enrique is determined to ensure that the opportunity at Arena Allianz does not obtain the best of them because they aim to overcome an intimidating final obstacle.
“”[Inter] are a well -oiled machine. When they don’t have the ball, they defend the ball very well, “he added.
“We will try to play our strengths, where we think we are the best.
“I want to make sure my team does not let the emotions get away.
Luis Enrique led Barcelona to a famous triple in 2014-2015, then won the UEFA Super Cup World Cup and the club to make five trophies during a calendar year.
But he refused to engage in a discussion on the place where to win the triple with PSG would be classified in the achievements of a career as a sparkling coach.
Asked this question, he answered: “No. My ambition is to win this Champions League for PSG and to be the first team in history to do so for Paris.”
