PSG: “There will be good football and results,” assures Luis Enrique

How to approach the Champions League: “Be obsessed with it or put it into perspective? You already know the answer... When a club is obsessed, it's never a good sign... You have to be excited, have hopes and ambition. But being obsessed doesn't do anything good, whatever the field... We are both excited and motivated, we want to give pleasure to our supporters and we can't wait for the competition to start. But there is no obsession.”

His objectives in C1: “We will wait to see how the competition goes. Football is a wonderful sport, all results are possible. You can have a wonderful match and lose, or you can play badly and win. As a club, we are very motivated by the idea of ​​playing all competitions in the best way to go as far as possible, we hope to win all competitions, this is the club's objective, it is ambitious and It's necessary."

The start of the season: “We didn’t start the season extremely well. But it was always like that in my previous clubs at the beginning. There is a lot of information to pass through, game concepts that players must assimilate. The team is very receptive, they have a lot of desire to adopt the ideas of the staff. I am delighted with the behavior of the players. The fans are incredible. It's a process. It takes time. It's hard to ask for time but I feel very peaceful. There will be good football and results, I'm sure. The weather ? I don't worry about it. If the results are bad, I will be fired. I just think on a daily basis, my obsession is to make sure the players understand the way I want them to play. Life and football always put you in your place. Obviously, I want to achieve objectives as quickly as possible, for my team to understand clearly and as quickly as possible the way I want them to play. But it always takes time.”

After PSG-Nice (2-3 defeat): “There are always a lot of details to correct, not only after this defeat against Nice. The two matches have nothing to do with each other, they are also two different competitions. There are points on which the team must improve, that is clear, but there are also things that it does very well, particularly in terms of attitude. The players fight until the last minute, we press high, the races are intense. With or without the ball, the players try to play the way I ask them. The public is not mistaken. It takes time, but the attitude and behavior of the team deserves a 10/10.”

The departure of Marco Verratti: “I am very satisfied with my midfielder.”

Ousmane Dembélé's positioning: “Number 10? Good players can play multiple positions. Afterwards, we don't have a number 10 in our system. But that's one of the goals I have with Ousmane: he's a player who can play in the middle as well, whatever the system. It can be in front, behind, on the sides. Good players like him, the best, can play in different positions. But we don’t have a player behind the striker.”

Manuel Ugarte and his room for improvement: “There are a lot of things he can improve on, like all players. He was a big revelation for many supporters but he was already playing very well at Sporting. He's a big recruit, Luis Campos has worked very well. He has a lot of room for improvement in all aspects of the game, in attack, in defense, he is a young player who has a strong character. He is important because he brings balance to the team. It’s one of the surprises at the start of the season.”

If Mbappé can bring the C1 to Paris: “To win the Champions League, you need a big team, not just 11 players but 22 or 23, that all the players are ready to come in, to play, whatever their role in The matches. You have to be humble because the opponent can be stronger, ambitious on the pitch and to win every match and united with the rest of the team. But in the end, there is only one team that will win…”

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