Luis Enrique-Alexandre Ruiz, the origins of the clash

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By: Manu Tournoux

The analysis of the match between Rennes and Paris, Sunday evening, on behalf of Free Ligue 1, turned into a settling of scores between Luis Enrique and the journalist Alexandre Ruiz.

But why on earth did Luis Enrique rebuke Alexandre Ruiz in this way, the journalist and host working on Free Ligue 1 who on Sunday evening, after leaving Rennes-PSG (1-3), was qualified by the Spanish technician as a commentator “ the most negative in the history of world football “. “ One day we won 4-1 and he told me we deserved to lose », insisted Luis Enrique when mentioning Alexandre Ruiz, alluding to Paris’ victory over Lyon this season.

My objective, as a journalist, is to try to provide some answers to the questions that followers have, which we can read in particular on social networksexplains this Monday evening the target of the Parisian coach on the airwaves of RMC, just to contextualize Luis Enrique’s reproach. After the match against Lyon, we have three minutes. The framework is reduced, I first point out that it’s a great match and I move on. Then, we look for what the object of our work will be in the days to come. We saw flaws, which can be worked on. He misdigested or interpreted it. He kept that in mind. »

Luis Enrique’s disrespect pointed out

In the meantime, the two men met again after the Classic against Marseille. “ Between the two, there is the match at OM where we find ourselves, where PSG was very coherent and attractive. On this match, I say hats off to him. He’s not going to remind me of that », notes Alexandre Ruiz, who deplores the attitude of the Iberian strategist, who did not appreciate that a new question on the areas of improvement of the Parisian team was asked of him. “ I ask him this question with respect, and there he turns to Ludo (Giuly, editor’s note) speaking only to him. Sorry, but this is not a position of respect, it irritated me a little… »

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And Alexandre Ruiz concludes: “ I had no explanation afterwards, we were the last set. I’ll take that into account for media obligations. Sorry to draw a parallel but I worked with general information, when a politician loses an election, the next morning he will be on all the morning shows to respond, with the maximum of courtesy. That (the behavior of Luis Enrique, editor’s note) can be a problem. »

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