Two weeks after a notable verbal altercation, the PSG coach and the Free Ligue 1 journalist met again on Saturday.
“ You are the most negative journalist in the history of world football!“. The spicy sentence made the rounds on social networks. Before the international break, Luis Enrique settled scores with Alexandre Ruiz, when the latter had asked him what areas of improvement were possible for his team following the victory of Paris Saint-Germain against Stade Rennais (3-1 ).
Luis Enrique, who remembered questions of this type from his interlocutor after the successes against Lens (3-1) and Lyon (4-1), then took exception. In this context, the reunion between the two men was necessarily watched. Obligatory passage – Free Ligue 1 being one of the broadcasters of the French championship – Luis Enrique kept it sober this time.
“ 3-0, Paris will sleep as leader, so everything is ok?“. “ We’re not going to sleep yet since there’s still one match left before going to bed (Nice finally took 1st place after a 1-0 victory against Marseille, editor’s note), but it’s a good result, Yes. After the international break, I think it’s important to take these 3 points and have a good performance this evening.“
🎙️ Luis Enrique, coach of #PSG : “We did what we had to do because it was a difficult post-break day.”
The Spanish coach underlines the importance of all UCL matches, and not just against Milan.#PSGRCSA pic.twitter.com/6au63hGasS
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Asked about the rotation, Luis Enrique was pragmatic. “ If we want to have the options of being able to be present in all competitions, we must not stop at 11 players“. Alexandre Ruiz then reminded the Spanish technician, again in his native language, about the rest of the schedule with the match against AC Milan coming this Wednesday, in the Champions League. An encounter ” difficult » for the PSG coach, who gave a very cautious speech before returning the microphone.
