Match: The match, Kvara, Barcola, the necessary control, etc., Luis Enrique’s complete conference before PSG/Monaco

Within the first leg, you gained 3 targets to 2 in a match filled with twists and turns. Many supporters are assured earlier than this return match. Are you assured too?

“What I can say certainly is that the supporters are attentive, assured in fact however attentive as a result of it’s a particular match, very troublesome, as a result of there will probably be a staff that begins the second match eradicated and, on the finish of the match, there will probably be a staff eradicated. And for us as a staff, you must know methods to handle the totally different moments through the match and it is going to be troublesome to play tomorrow towards Monaco. However what we would like in fact is to proceed our progress and proceed our journey within the Champions League. »

A query about Kvaratskhelia, who you needed at Paris Saint-Germain from the summer season of 2024 and who has now been there for nearly a yr: what have you ever at all times preferred about him? His character, his management, his technical high quality? Are you able to give us something specifically?

“We knew Kvara completely and he was an excellent participant. The day he arrived for us, he’s a special participant as a result of he has the power to attain targets, the power to dribble, the power to defend, which is troublesome for a PSG participant and striker. He’s a special participant and we’re very glad to have him. »

You conceded three targets in Rennes, two targets in Monaco. Now that we’re getting into an important moments of the season, would you like your staff to defend higher?

“I feel we’re one of many groups that defend the very best. There are occasions when the opponent scored targets and their Anticipated Targets have been rather less essential. I feel for the time being the staff nonetheless has room to enhance defensively, however I am pleased with what I’ve seen, the best way we press, the best way we attempt to defend collectively. I feel it is not straightforward to play towards PSG, not solely as a result of we have now the ball greater than the opponent, but additionally due to the best way we defend. »

Achraf Hakimi will probably be tried for rape. Does that change something for you from a sporting standpoint? And does he stay vice-captain?

“(he responds in Spanish) It’s within the palms of justice. »

Concerning Bradley Barcola, he’s much more of a starter this season than final season, much more commonly, what are you able to inform us about this participant who can also be criticized lots, a bit like Dembélé was on the time, significantly on his ending? Even when, clearly he brings by way of percussion, what do you consider what he brings? It is a framework, we have now the impression, this season.

“I want to add that it isn’t simply Bradley who’s being criticized. Everyone seems to be criticized at PSG. It is regular. That is why we play right here and you must get used to it. And what I can say about Bradley and likewise the strikers is that they’re excellent gamers with a number of character. They’re usually criticized as a result of that is how issues work at a really massive membership. And that is it. Bradley, final yr, this yr he confirmed his character, his character. He is going very quick and he has the power to enhance additional technically. And I am very pleased with all of the attackers I’ve within the staff. »

Do you assume that Monaco this weekend is the Monaco of the entire season? Or is it slightly the one who struggled within the earlier weeks and was a lot much less efficient? And wouldn’t it probably be a failure to fall within the play-off phases?

“We’re in a contest that’s totally different. I repeat myself, however after the match, there will probably be a staff eradicated and that represents the issue. As a result of Monaco will begin this match one purpose behind. Afterwards, you must know the issue: there will probably be occasions after we know that our supporters know this problem. There will probably be very difficult, very troublesome moments. It’s a must to know methods to handle this second. And what we predict is that one of the best ways to play this match is as typical: attempt to win the ball, to have extra of the ball than the opponent, to press in the identical method. There may be nothing to defend, there isn’t a outcome to defend. There’s a match to be gained. That is our mentality, that is what we’re used to doing. »

It is okay to have a special time through the season. Do you assume that presently, PSG’s mentality is good for progressing on this championship?

“What we have now been in a position to present all through the season is the power to handle moments of problem. I took for example the averages of injured gamers all through the season, three gamers in every sport, and the staff continues to play the identical method. The staff continues to have the worst teams within the Champions League and… What the staff has proven is that this potential to handle all that. Resilience, I feel we have talked a number of occasions about resilience. I feel we’re a stoic and resilient staff and it is very important know that we’re able to battle in any match, any problem, any opponent. »

This morning, Ousmane Dembele and Fabian Ruiz, specifically, didn’t take part within the collective session. Do you will have any information on their return date and probably tomorrow or not?

” No. If there’s a participant who doesn’t do the pre-match coaching session, it isn’t attainable to be there tomorrow. And I do not know the way lengthy it should take. That is regular, it relies on their situation. We do not need to take any dangers with any participant. It does not matter however you must know methods to wait till they’re prepared. »

You could have rather less success on penalties, you latterly confided that you’ve a number of good shooters in your squad. Can we count on a change within the hierarchy?

“I feel we confirmed that perhaps we do not have a scorer who can rating 10 penalties in a row however quite the opposite, we have now a number of gamers who can take penalties. I am speaking to you about Vitinha, Ousmane (Dembélé), Gonçalo (Ramos), João (Neves), Nuno (Mendes), Hakimi, Kvara, Bradley (Barcola), Lee Kang-in. A number of gamers. It’s kind of like our potential to search out scorers. Perhaps there may be not one participant who can rating 30 targets, however there are lots of gamers who can rating 12, 15 targets. And as a staff, I feel it’s extremely constructive. »

Lately, Marco Simone was on Canal+, former Milan participant of PSG Monaco, he put Luis Enrique’s Paris Saint-Germain on the identical degree as Ajax of the 70s, Arrigo Sacchi’s Milan and Guardiola’s Barça. Is it your ambition to deliver PSG to this degree, among the many groups which have modified the face of European soccer?

“It feels good to listen to these phrases, it’s constructive. However we’re conscious that we’re originally of this path and to have the ability to make comparisons with these groups, we have to win a number of trophies. We now have already gained lots, however we would like extra. »

Through the first leg, lots occurred, there have been fairly a number of upheavals, you concede two targets within the first 20 minutes, you discover the psychological sources to come back again, you rating three targets. What classes did you be taught from the match at Louis II?

“Usually, when there may be motion like within the first 20 minutes and also you lose 2-0 away, usually it ends catastrophically. Usually. However we confirmed final yr, two years in the past and this yr, that we nonetheless have this potential to beat any problem. However I might slightly not be there once more. And what’s essential for us is to know methods to handle the best way we play and we search to enhance offensively and defensively, as a result of I feel there may be nonetheless room for enchancment. However the very best state of affairs for tomorrow is to face the match as if it have been the primary match. And it doesn’t matter what Monaco’s outcomes are, what we would like is to win this match and should win the match. That is the factor we at all times attempt to do. »

We all know that sturdy possession with out effectivity brings nothing within the Champions League. What have you ever modified? Is it extra psychological? Or technical, given the advance in current matches?

“No, nothing has modified… You want management of the match, however you want management of the match, with out possession of the ball. The ball is the important thing. The important thing. Nonetheless, that is the important thing. That is why we search for small gamers who play the ball on a regular basis. Two meter gamers, okay, you need to play soccer another way. What we’re searching for is to at all times have the ball. That is the very first thing. And for that, afterwards, when you do not have the ball, you must know methods to press, you must be bodily sturdy, you must be full. That is the issue in soccer.

However when we have now possession and we have now the power to create possibilities, we deserve to attain the purpose. However there may be effectivity. You must know that that is regular. It is soccer. We now have to proceed to enhance this. I am very glad after I noticed my staff overcome the opponent, create a number of massive possibilities and the outcome, usually, is constructive. However when the result’s destructive, you must settle for this case. However what we wish to do that season, as typical, is to be superior to the opponent within the troublesome features of soccer, offense and protection. And in these topics, I’m very glad. »