It was the return of Luis Enrique’s famous Twitch live, Thursday evening. And the Paris Saint-Germain coach did not disappoint anyone, by not avoiding any subject. And especially not the quarter-final of the Champions League which awaits PSG against its former club, FC Barcelona. “I have been a member of Barça for over 25 years, he recalled. But I will try to do my job in the best possible way. It’s going to be difficult, against a club that has won the Champions League five times.”
Difficult, because the Catalan technician knows to what extent his favorite club has formidable individuals. The coach, who worked for AS Rome, did not shy away from answering a question that might have seemed tricky to him: which FC Barcelona players could start in Paris?
“Ter Stegen could be a starter at PSG without a doubthe began. Araujo, Koundé could be. Cubarsi, you already see what that looks like. De Jong, Gundogan, without a doubt. Gavi, Pedri, what do you want me to tell you… Yamal, no doubt, Lewandowski, no doubt. Six or seven players could start at PSG, but also at City, Real, Arsenal, Bayern. It’s a very high level team.”
Luis Enrique tried to put the conditional, which was not always recalled by the media, particularly Spanish, which relayed his remarks, not failing to set fire to social networks. “I always said that I would like to come back to Barça one day. But it’s very difficult to have our paths cross again in reality”, he added. They will meet again in another way, on April 10 and 16.