Ligue 1: “Not signed for PSG to play against”, complains Luis Enrique

Despite the victory of Paris SG, in Le Havre (2-0), after playing 80 minutes ten against eleven, coach Luis Enrique “did not like” the way his team had to evolve, against.

“Today we had to play (in transition), yes, but I don't like it,” conceded the technician after a match in which Paris sat back for a good part of the match.

Reduced to ten after the expulsion of their goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma, in the 10th minute, the Parisians mainly relied on the speed of Kylian Mbappé, at the forefront and scorer on the opening score (24th), to gain impose on the promoted.

In the second half, PSG also conceded several chances, before doubling the lead at the very end of the match on a deflected shot from Vitinha.

“We are one of the rare teams in the world capable of playing as well in transition as in set play,” he said, before expressing his clear preference for the second tactic.

“Playing in transition is easier. We put six or seven players behind and the players in front run. But I don’t like it,” said the Spanish coach, who was a Barça player from 1996 to 2004, then his coach from 2014 to 2017.

“I like playing football, putting on a show, and the fans also want to see their team attack, create chances, score. And I didn’t sign (at PSG) to play against,” he said again.

However, he said he was “very proud of what the team showed, the mentality, the ability to adapt to the different things that happened during the match and the team spirit ".

“We showed determination to defend more than usual and we defended very well. We didn’t concede too many chances and the ones we conceded were stopped by Arnau (Tenas),” Luis Enrique further detailed.