Despite the victory of his team in Rennes, a few days after the disappointment received in Newcastle, and the nice success against AC Milan on Wednesday in the Champions League, Luis Enrique still has in mind the setback against Nice, at the Parc des Princes, and does not want to see his team repeat the same misstep on Sunday in Brest. So, to be sure that his players do not take this meeting lightly, the Parisian coach wanted to remind us of the danger of such a trip to Finistère.
“These are all trap matches and all matches are worth the same points,” declared the Spaniard at a press conference this Saturday at the PSG Campus in Poissy (Yvelines). But especially this one, it’s at an unusual time, we’re playing away, it will be difficult.” If we add “a stadium with stands very close to the pitch like in England”, “all the conditions are there to thwart us, we will try to avoid it”, confided Luis Enrique.
Marquinhos is out
Fifth in Ligue 1 with 15 points, Brest “has not lost at home this season, defends very well, makes a lot of crosses. It will be a very complicated team for us,” he continued. Three days after the victory against AC Milan in the Champions League (3-0), the coach could rotate. Brazilian captain and defender Marquinhos, for example, was “left to rest due to adductor discomfort”, according to the club.
Which does not prevent Paris from having to win in Brittany in order to at least maintain its place on the podium. PSG is currently third in Ligue 1 (18 points), two points behind Monaco (20) and four behind Nice, which has one more match after its victory on Friday on the Clermont lawn.