Luis Enrique made a very strong choice just before the Champions League match against Arsenal. For this XXL meeting counting for the second day of the Champions League, the Paris Saint-Germain coach decided to sideline his French winger. To explain this decision, a disciplinary sanction was mentioned. Present at the Emirates for the traditional pre-match press conference, the Spanish technician did not have to wait long before the subject was raised.
Questioned from the second question, Luis Enrique did not bat an eyelid when giving his version. “Yes, without any problem. If someone seriously fails to respect their obligations to the team, that means to me that they are not prepared. I consider this week to be important. Before such an important match like this, I want all the players to be in the best possible condition. I put him aside and I want the best for the team”he declared, before responding to a second reminder on this matter.
Here, Luis Enrique is in charge
“You think making a team is easy? That I just have to press a button? No. Being a team means being one sometimes in difficult circumstances. Yesterday I had to make a difficult decision, which is best for the team. Without a doubt. I’ll do it 100 times, that doesn’t mean it’s irreversible. I made the best decision possible. (…) I signed with this club to create a team. Until my last day at PSG, I will make a team with identity, which plays, at least which tries. That, I guarantee you. I can’t guarantee titles, winning the Champions League. If I can’t do it (manage my team, editor’s note), well I’ll go home. And of course, I am supported by the sports director and the president. They hired me to do a team, and I’m going to do it. And in this team, there will be Ousmane Dembélé ».
Raising this theme again, Luis Enrique was, this time, a little drier. The Spanish coach did not want to dedicate this press conference solely to the Dembélé case. But he still wanted to deny a rumor. “I have nothing to add to my previous answers. You have plenty to do. (…) I am very sincere, but I am not going to make a telenovela out of it. There was no argument between the coach and the player, that is completely false. There is just a problem of commitment from the player to the team and not between the player and the coach. » This is what is said.
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