Presenter of PSG TVCharlotte Namura-Guizonne made no mistake by returning to the air, just a few seconds after the end of the press conference. “He was in great shape”launched the ex-journalist of Téléfootpresent in the front row to attend Luis Enrique’s show. It must be said that the Spanish technician was particularly inspired this Friday when he presented himself to the journalists. Relaxed, sometimes spicy, often funny, the 55-year-old architect once again proved that he perfectly mastered the exercise, or at least that he dictated the tempo.
Not very verbose on the first questions asked, Luis Enrique finally found his wits to send a few shots on target, notably in the Lucas Chevalier case. Asked about the management of playing time at the end of the season and the possibility of seeing the former LOSC goalkeeper find a starting place, particularly with a view to the World Cup, the Asturian was very clear. “I’m PSG coach, the rest I don’t care, I’m not interested in that, I care about PSG”he first retorted.
Luis Enrique had fun
Before continuing by taunting his audience: “Football is incredible. You criticized Chevalier all the time during the first part of the season, I defended him. Now the question is when he will play. It’s high-level football.”. Before that, the Parisian coach had not hesitated to pull the rug out from under a journalist seeking to find out more about Vitinha’s state of form… “You asked me the question two days ago, nothing has changed”the Spaniard was content to respond while the Portuguese midfielder’s injury seems to be developing positively.
Smiling, relaxed and generally imperturbable despite a high-stakes end to the season, Luis Enrique finally stood out by responding to a Brazilian journalist with a certain sarcasm: “you are interested in Kvaratskhelia but he is not Brazilian”the Ile-de-France tactician had fun before praising the qualities and state of mind of the Georgian. A tailor-made show during which the main actor, despite everything, recalled the essentials, namely managing his workforce as best as possible to hope to reach (once again) the summits…