PSG travels to Leverkusen this Tuesday evening for the third day of the Champions League. An important meeting from an accounting point of view, but also symbolically. Luis Enrique has the opportunity to match a feat that the club has only achieved once in its history. A record which dates back more than thirty years and which bears the signature of another legendary coach of the club. If the Parisians win in Germany, they will enter a historic dimension. But what record are we talking about exactly?
The current series: five out of five
Six consecutive victories in the Champions League. This is the feat that Luis Enrique can match this Tuesday. A series achieved only once by PSG, during the 1994-95 season, under the direction of Luis Fernandez. Between September and December 1994, George Weah's Paris had a perfect record in the group stage: six matches, six victories, twelve goals scored, three conceded. Bayern Munich, Spartak Moscow and Dynamo kyiv had all been beaten, both home and away. A historic slam which propelled the club to the quarter-finals, before being eliminated in the semi-final against AC Milan.
Luis Enrique's PSG is on a series of five consecutive victories in the Champions League, spanning two seasons. It all started in April 2025 with the 3-1 victory against Aston Villa in the quarter-final first leg. Then came the successes against Arsenal (2-1 in the first leg, 1-0 in the return), the final won 5-0 against Inter Milan, and finally the first two matches of this season: 4-0 against Atalanta and 2-1 at Barcelona on October 1. Five victories in a row. One less than Luis Fernandez's record.
PSG: Luis Enrique one victory away from equaling Luis Fernandez's record from 1994
Overtake the Fernandez legend on Tuesday?
If PSG wins in Leverkusen, Luis Enrique will equal the record. But that's not all. In the event of a seventh consecutive victory in the next match, the Spanish technician would definitely surpass the bar set by his predecessor in 1994-95. A feat all the more remarkable as it would be achieved in a much more demanding Champions League format than at the time. Luis Fernandez benefited from a six-match group stage. Luis Enrique, for his part, is playing in an expanded competition with high-level opponents from the first days.
Leverkusen will not be easy prey. Kasper Hjulmand's team continues to perform well in the Bundesliga and can count on technical players capable of causing problems for PSG. But the Parisians have shown this season that they have the weapons to win everywhere. Luis Enrique made his choices: Kvaratskhelia, Mayulu and Barcola in attack, Dembélé on the bench. A victory this Tuesday, and the Spaniard would join Luis Fernandez in the club's history. A defeat or a draw, and the series would be broken. Everything would have to be done again.
