Luis Enrique’s style: “It was a little complicated for me at the start of the season, but I adapted well, he spoke to me a lot and gave me instructions to improve. Now I feel very good and I only want to progress more and more. (…) The coach gave his opinion upon his arrival, there is a long-term vision. You have to trust Luis Enrique because he does a good job in the long term. It’s not second place in the Champions League that will change that. He’s doing a good job and he’s going to do good things here. The team is progressing well. We obviously have to improve, the finishing, the defense, the construction… But with work we will achieve it.
Defender or midfielder: “I’m a midfielder… and a defender, it’s in this position that the coach gives me the most confidence. So that’s where I feel good today. It’s a position that I know well and I feel good there too. (…) If the coach puts me in the middle, very good, if it’s in defense, that’s fine with me too.”
The Champions Trophy to start the year after the break: “After the holidays, it’s always difficult, but we’re at PSG and we have to think about this competition to win. There is a lot of ambition. We always see the next match as the most important.”
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His role, his leadership and an extension: “My role has changed a lot over the years. I arrived at 29, I am 32. My role is always to help the youngest. The team is very young. Experience is always important. I feel good in this role. I feel good here and I want to be here for a long time.”
Villarreal and the areas for progress between now and C1: “Last year, we lost to Lens on January 1st. There, we are already concerned, we have to put in a serious match against Toulouse, it will not be easy. For the rest, we need to improve in many areas. We are good in all sectors, but the most important thing is to be compact, to be a team, against Real Sociedad.
Lucas Beraldo: “He has arrived. We try to help him as much as possible. Like all Lusitanophones, we try to help him. It’s easier for him to have teammates who speak the same language.”
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PSG’s goals and their own: “Always be as big as possible, win all competitions. This is the basis. For me, I want to be the same person and sportingly, I want to play as many matches as possible and help my teammates to be as good as possible.
Warren Zaire-Emery: “He’s the strongest kid I’ve seen play. Afterwards, it’s not just that he’s strong, but his mentality. It’s a phenomenon! There is the player, but also the human and the physical side.
Toulouse: “A final is always a final, these are difficult matches. Toulouse is in difficulty but a final remains a difficult match. They will do their best to beat us. We will have to be focused from the start to the end of the match to win.”
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