Paris Saint-Germain is not varnished. Five days before his shock from the Champions League against FC Barcelona, the reigning European champion undergoes a real hecatombe. Ousmane Dembélé and Désiré Doué are dismissed for the Catalan meeting, while João Neves is still uncertain (the Portuguese will not play against Auxerre). To this was added the Marquinhos quadriceps injury. A physical glitch that will hold the Brazilian far from the field for several weeks according to the medical and blue medical press release.
Present in front of the media shortly after the announcement of the Marquinhos package, Luis Enrique was immediately questioned about this cascade of injuries. And at a time when PSG has often trembled in the past when such events occurred in the channel, the Spanish coach immediately calmed the game. “It's football, it's competition, you have to adapt to this situation. Nothing important, you have to prepare to know how to manage everything that is happening on a field. I am not concerned. It's the high level “he said, before clarifying that his captain was injured in the last action of the match against Olympique de Marseille.
“”I know journalists, you are like the Spanish, the Italians»»
However, his answer did not fully satisfy the journalists present at the campus. After a historic 2024/2025 season, but also very long (Paris finished its exercise on July 13, editor's note), do Vitinha's teammates pay the broken pots of this infernal cadence? Here again, instead of complaining about the overload of calendars, Luis Enrique has shown pragmatism. ” No. It's the same thing as last year. I know journalists, you are like the Spanish, the Italians. You are concerned all the time by this thing. When a team loses, it's a physical problem. When another wins, it is an incredible mentality. Football is a sport where injuries are normal. There are trauma ”he said before concluding.
Generation of the current image
“You have to know how to manage this. If we have planned it all? We are trying to predict the things we think we are happening, but I'm not a diviner. I don't know where players can get injured. I am zero concerned, it is a mentality that I am trying to transmit to my players and my supporters. Calm, tranquility, there are lots of campus players (young people, editor's note) who can play. Everything is planned with the leaders. We can miss, of course. So far, we have been more successful than missed, but we're going to miss the first. It's life, you have to accept that. »» This is called taking a step back.
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