It could hardly be better to assume the status of favorite club World Cup. Dominating his opponents in the game and chaining the goals, Paris Saint-Germain surfs on its victory in the Champions League and achieves a high-quality competition with boxes against Atlético de Madrid and Inter Miami (4-0) as well as serious success against Seattle (2-0). Only shadow, this reverse without consequence against Botafogo (1-0) in a match where the Ile-de-France residents will have lacked efficiency. For once, this Saturday, it will be necessary to have it against a formidable opponent like Bayern Munich. A team that also beat the capital's club 1-0 in the Champions League on November 26.
For the Parisian coach Luis Enrique it is nevertheless not the revenge that he will seek: “For me, it's different. There is no feeling of revenge. It was a league phase match. It is a motivating match, because it is a quarter -final and it is enough to be motivated. There is no feeling of revenge.“Happy with the work of his players over the last days, Luis Enrique nevertheless finds that the cut has been long since last Sunday and this 4-0 victory against Inter Miami:”To be honest, if it was very long. It was six days between the matches, it was a lot at the end of the season. We had a very good week of training, we did a good job and we will try to make a good match against Bayern Munich, one of the best teams in the competition.»
Bayern looks like PSG according to Luis Enrique
And precisely Bayern Munich is a formidable opponent for Paris Saint-Germain and who remains on four wins in rank in the Champions League against the French club. Luis Enrique also considered that this rival will be quite close to what his team offers: “They are very close to us as a team on being comfortable with the ball and their attitudes when they do not have the ball. It will be an open match tomorrow with attacks that will be linked. I don't think we are going to have control that we usually have in our matches. So it will be a more open match and certainly very pleasant to follow. It is an exciting test for us. We want to try to go far in this competition and we are motivated to do this. There is a clear goal, but we are also aware of their level. It has been a good dynamic for us in the last months and we want to continue it.»
Luis Enrique also underlined the good job of Vincent Kompany, winner of the Bundesliga in his first season: “This is the start of the second season of Vincent Kompany and I think he is doing a very good job. The team plays with the conviction that transmitted to them and it is undoubtedly a very high level coach.“Distrustful, but conquering, Luis Enrique is confident towards his team to seek success despite the strong adversity:”Our goal is to aim for victory and leave nothing to chance. It will be completely different tomorrow against a team accustomed to the same thing as us. There will therefore be more ball loss and recovery. I think it will be a more open match and that there will be more opportunities than usual. We have to adapt to the game, this is the key, and I am convinced that we can progress in the two key areas. When we are used to playing at this level, we want it to become a habit. This means that we can get results and progress more and more.Alert but ambitious, Luis Enrique arrives galvanized before challenging Bayern Munich.
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