The Spanish coach praised his colleague Imanol Alguacil and he also revealed that he has been in office for six years compared to his six months, but he did not want to say which of the two will be the favorite.
“Imanol, whom I know well, he is an excellent coach, he is local, with a club philosophy, uses local players and signs well, balanced. They have been playing good football for six years, even before that, with other coaches,” he said. Luis Enrique at a press conference before the accident.
“They are collecting the reward for good work as a club. We have to congratulate them and I hope they don’t play so well tomorrow,” added the coach who hinted that the key will be “to take the ball away as soon as possible, which is very difficult, and lose it .” as little as possible.”
Luis Enrique praised the good group stage of Real, “who finished first in the group in which they were finalists of the last edition” and pointed out that “they are one of the teams that have conceded the fewest goals, they don’t give the ball away and, when they do, they are aggressive to get it back .
But he denied that PSG with a bigger budget is the favorite: “It has to be shown on the field.”
The coach did not want to answer the possibility that tomorrow will be the last game Kylian Mbappé in the Champions League at the Parc des Princesif the club is relegated and the player decides to leave at the end of the season.
“I don’t feel he has any particular joy or sadness or character. He is the same as always,” said the coach, who confirmed the French striker will be in the group despite the knock he suffered last week as he was booked against Lille on Saturday.
“When the team has a category player Kylian, The only thing we can understand is that the more he plays the better, for the good of the team. I could have played on Saturday if there had been a final, but it wasn’t and it wasn’t worth the risk. He is now available to the coach,” he said.
Luis Enrique, who assured after the barely won qualification that his team will be better in February, pointed out that they welcome the duel against Real “naturally, normally” and that the team is growing.
“We are in the process of learning, knowledge, which lasts for months. We feel that we are ready, tomorrow we will compete, we will create a football environment with the right fans to try to be better than Real company” he indicated.
He emphasized that now the competition has “entered another moment where consistency is not rewarded, you have to be better than your opponent in two games”.
“We feel that we are very ready, all the players are ready for the starters and for me this is a guarantee that the team is ready,” he commented.
Luis Enrique He repeated the philosophy of his club: “When we attack, we are eleven attackers, and when we defend, we are eleven defenders”
Source: Panama America
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