Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique declared on Sunday that he wanted “control” and not “madness” in the game while considering himself “satisfied” with the match of his players, victorious in Lens (2-0) .
“I was satisfied with the whole match, I think my team is competitive in every match and today was no exception,” said Luis Enrique at a press conference. The Spanish technician especially appreciated “the first half, especially since Lens is pressing a lot. “You want madness, I want control,” he declared, even if his team must “score more”. “We could have scored more but I remind you that PSG had not won for 10 years in Lens,” insisted the coach, “delighted”.
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Asked about the fact that Carlos Soler and Warren Zaire-Emery seemed a little lost at the start of the match and that he looked annoyed on his sidelines, the technician replied that he was giving “a lot of indications” to his players “to help them”. “We managed to ensure that Lens was a little disturbed in its usual frame of reference, to try to attack them in depth,” he indicated, while repeating that: “Our objective is to be unpredictable for the opposing team.
For his part, Lens assistant coach Lilian Nalis, present at a press conference in place of the suspended Franck Haise, was delighted with the “sacrifice” of his players despite their numerical inferiority after the exclusion of Gradit at the very end of the first period. “We stayed alive the whole time, and we were able to create some great chances in the second half,” he commented. We could have come back to score. We had the desire to defend by moving forward, to play one on one, which we did quite well until the expulsion. The game plan was respected. In the second half, we didn’t give up. We showed a lot of character and self-sacrifice.”
