Aquí está! Expected firmly in Poissy, Luis Enrique was desired. The new Paris Saint-Germain coach showed up around 4:45 p.m. in the press conference room, where some journalists had been waiting for more than three hours, with the Tour de France and an express visit to the campus as the only distractions.
PSG was no longer a few minutes away from launching “a new era” in its brand new training center. Elegant in his suit and tie, the successor of Christophe Galtier announced the color. The architect of the remontada had plunged Paris into darkness. He now intends to take her to the firmament.
Luis attacks
The character is known not to be a huge fan of journalists, and he was asked a question about his first impression of French reporters. But the Spaniard immediately launched the seduction operation by throwing out a few sentences in impeccable French, before explaining that his wife was giving him lessons. Returning to the language of Cervantes (no Daniel Lauclair in the translator’s headphones, unfortunately), he presented his close guard – Aitor Unzué, Rafel Pol and Joaquin Valdes.
Above all, he focused on the style of play he wanted to put in place. “Attacking football” and “entertaining for the spectators”, he hammered, without leaving room for any alternative. Like CousseauEnrique chooses the offensive solution, the one that led his Barça to a fabulous fivefold La Liga – King’s Cup – Champions League – European Super Cup – Club World Cup in 2015. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi had hearts in his eyes when talking in turn about a new cycle with “one of the best coaches in the world, not for what he has won but for his attacking style”, precisely.
Fields of praise
Seven months after the affront suffered in the round of 16 of the World Cup with Spain, the 50-year-old returned to the game dashing and sharp. “Football players are selfish and smart. They engage with you if they know you are there to help them. You have to give them a stage so that they can give the best of themselves,” he explained.
If the question of ego management keeps coming back to PSG, the Asturian technician has guaranteed that his players will work “as a team”. A promise already heard from the mouths of its predecessors… But the club with eleven French championship titles at least has the right to hope given the profile of its coach, who has a stature and experience never seen before. in this position since Carlo Ancelotti.
The former La Roja coach, who started Gavi at the A’s when he was 17, also proclaimed his intention to rely on the training center and “give young people a chance” – which will perhaps avoid to relive the Christopher Nkunku or Kingsley Coman episodes. Visibly in symbiosis with Luis Campos, “Lucho” said he was honored to be able to collaborate with someone “of his level” and convinced of the quality of the workforce on which he can count. From there to finally lead to the eternal quest for the cup with big ears? “I love having this pressure, replied the chosen one. There are dozens of teams of the same level who have the same dream. Clearly, that’s a goal. This club wants to win. You have to give your maximum. ” There’s just !