“At the end of the match I said something vital: all defeats and all matches give a lot of information to the coach. All this information will be important to the decisions I make now and in the future.. This is what Luis Enrique said after his team’s defeat (0-1) against Bayern Munich last Tuesday, during the 5th day of the Champions League. A remarkable speech which did not take long to materialize in action. Saturday evening, during the draw conceded by PSG against FC Nantes (1-1) as part of the 13th day of Ligue 1, the Asturian decided to do without the services of Ousmane Dembélé, replacing at the start ‘sending. So, simple coaching or real sanction after the red card received by the former Barcelona player in Bavaria?
“No, no, it’s always a message that I like to get across. It’s also a message for my supporters. All information and especially in important matches is useful. I try to use them. I want everyone to rebel, for everyone who hasn’t warmed up to want to give the best of themselves. My obsession is to see players who want to fight.argued, in this regard, the former coach of La Roja. Yes but there you have it, despite this speech given to the press, the choice made by the 54-year-old tactician – who had also described the expulsion of his player as a “serious error” – would indeed be the fruit of reflection over several days as revealed The Team in today’s edition.
Luis Enrique is tired
Thus, the daily specifies that the relationship between the two men is, at the time of writing these lines, more tense than ever. Therefore, if Luis Enrique – determined to show firmness towards his group – would today be tired of the behavior of “Dembouz”, singled out for his “sequences worthy of an inexperienced player”the French international (53 caps, 6 goals), well aware of his mistake in Bavaria and the negative consequences for his team, would no longer hide, for his part, his incomprehension in the face of the firmness of his coach. The Team recalls, in this respect, the episode at Arsenal where Dembélé was deprived of a trip to London for being late for training. A sanction that the person concerned, author of 5 goals and 7 assists in all competitions, would still not have digested while other players have also been late this season.
In addition to the treatment reserved for him, Ousmane Dembélé, author of a very disappointing entry against the Nantes, would also have expressed, in private, his incomprehension as to the game desired by the Spanish technician, considering the football played by PSG as being “stereotypical and very predictable”. “I think he lost it”even specifies a person close to the locker room, referring to the relationship between Luis Enrique and the number 10 of the Ile-de-France region. A new big thorn in the side of the native of Gijón while Presnel Kimpembe, not selected for the reception of the Canaries, no longer hides his anger and the management of Randal Kolo Muani (once again left on the bench against Nantes, editor’s note) continues to raise strong questions within the Parisian locker room. More than problems of offensive efficiency and before playing three finals (Salzburg, Manchester City, Stuttgart) to stay alive on the European scene, Luis Enrique will therefore also quickly have to resolve these internal disagreements, at the risk of seeing his problems of head will get worse in the coming weeks…
