Luis Enrique, coach of Paris Saint-Germainsaid Friday that Bayern Munichhis rival in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup From FIFA, it is a team with “very similar” patterns to which he directs. “It is a team similar to us, who wants the ball, who is going to look for it, that he needs it,” the Asturian told one day of the match at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
“When he has the ball, he can play in both ways: if you press him, he plays long and generates depth with his fast players; if you do not press him, he has the capacity to have the ball. And, when he does not have the ball, he presses,” added Luis Enrique.
The Asturian coach said that these are “very similar patterns” to those of the PSG, so tomorrow he waits “an open party, with attacks of one, attacks of the other” and without “the control that there is usually” in this type of duels. “They are accustomed to doing the same as us, it will imply more lost and more occasions granted,” said the PSG technician. “It may be more fun for the fan,” he added.
PSG and Bayern Munich already played this season in the group stage of the Champions League, with 1-0 victory of the Germans. Luis Enrique said that tomorrow he does not seek “any revenge”, since with the motivation to play some quarterfinals of the Club World Cup “enough.” The crossing is also a reissue of the Champions League final that the two teams played in 2020, which also took the Bavarian by 1-0.
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The Asturian coach left the door open to Ousmane Dembélé leave this Saturday, which would be his first appearance in the eleven of the tournament after overcoming an injury he suffered a month ago with his selection. He also reflected on the evolution of his team since that crossroads of the early season with the PSG until the present moment, of football excellence. “The idea I want to convey is a beautiful idea (…) offer fun and offer spectacle to fans,” he said. “And that has a lot to do with that I come from a school that is that of Barcelona, that everything revolves around the ball,” he added.
Jota's death, but news
On the death of Diogo Jota, a Liverpool footballer who lost his life with his brother in a car accident, Luis Enrique said that “it is the worst news we could receive. I do not imagine the state in which his family and his environment are. We can only offer them our support. Time will say, so to speak, if we can face this news. It was very hard for his teammates.
