Firm and rigorous in terms of his principles of play, Luis Enrique is undeniably taking a risk.
For a long time, PSG could be criticized for not having a background. Since Carlo Ancelotti and Laurent Blanc, the coaches have succeeded each other in Paris without really shining with their strategies. Luis Enrique has well-established game principles. Fixed ideas already observed in the French championship when the capital club had to share the points with Lorient (0-0 at the Park) and Toulouse (1-1 at the Stadium).
” We have an idea of ​​the game, it is to be the dominating team, which deprives the opponent of the ball, of space for expression on the fieldblows the Spanish technician in an interview with the official PSG website. We want to grab the ball, get it back quickly and keep it. It’s like school. If there is a ball, it is for you or your opponent. The ball is for us, and from there, we try to impose our domination on the meeting without ever deviating from this idea. We play with this idea throughout the game. Afterwards, we win, we lose, we draw, it depends on the adversity. But there are intangible principles. We can’t just say, “Come on, let’s go and see what happens”. No, that’s not our goal, the team must always play the same way on every pitch, in every match, in any stadium, in any competition. »
77% possession for two draws
Since the start of the season, PSG have indeed confiscated the ball from their opponents, with an average ball possession of 77%. Much more than the two other teams that stand out in this area: OL (64%) and Losc (62%). Yes, but now, owning is not winning. Lyon, already weighed down by two setbacks, can attest to this. And Paris against the Hakes as the Violets clearly lacked impact and madness. In Toulouse, of course, the appearances in the second half of Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé energized the team. But Luis Enrique did not appreciate the show so far, deploring the imbalance created from then on and the lack of control of his training.
“ It’s not because you have general precepts that you always play the same wayhe takes care to specify this Wednesday. We try to dominate the game, and not suffer. We always try to impose our pressure on the opponent so that he doesn’t have time to organize himself. And from there, we attack in different ways. We occupy spaces, we alternate between positions in order to be unpredictable. It is the objective. Sometimes we attack with a wide player, another time with a midfielder, the next time relying on a forward striker. The ball must live and the players occupy different spaces on the pitch. “As a matter of fact…
