Paris Saint-Germain has undergone radical changes in the summer prior to their latest bid for Champions League Glory, but new coach Luis Enrique is insisting that the Qatar club will not make the winning of the biggest prize of European football this season this season .
PSG Gastheer Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday in their first game in a heavyweight Champions League group that also contains AC Milan and Newcastle United. The French title holders have passed one frustration in recent years after another in the competition, with a defeat of Bayern Munich season when I saw them go out of the Champions League for the fifth time in seven years in the last 16. In 2020, finalists Breakdown in 2020, PSG declined, the decision to sign Lionel Messi ultimately counterproduct.
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Verratti spent 11 years in Paris and was one of the best midfielders in the world at its peak.
But PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi decided it was time to continue and the club accelerated the reconstruction of their team in recent months, while holding Kylian Mbappe after a contract dispute that threatened to end his time in the French capital.
They released an estimated 350 million euros to new players, with the largest edition to sign France to Randal Kolo Muani van Eintracht Frankfurt for a reported 75 million euros plus bonuses.
Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele, Uruguay -Midfielder Manuel Ugarte, Defensive Duo Milan Skriniar and Lucas Hernandez, Real Madrid’s Marco Asensio, Benfica Spits Goncalo Ramos and promising Lyon Winger Barcola are just a few of his Bradley Barcola.
But Luis Enrique and his captain Marquinhos both wanted to play the expectations of the new look team in Europe this season on Monday.
“There is no extra pressure when it comes to the Champions League. It is not an obsession, “said Brazil -defender Marquinhos reporters on the new training field of the club in the outskirts of Paris.” We are competitors and that is also the mentality of the club. They want to win every possible trophy, but those among us in the dressing room, the coach and management above him are not obsessed with the Champions League.
“We want to come all the way at the top, but we know the path we have to take. It’s long, so we have to work hard and go step by step. ‘Luis Enrique, appointed for a two -year deal to succeed the dismissed Christophe Galtier, is sure what is needed to have won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2015 in 2015.
“When a person, or a club, becomes obsessed with something, this is not a good sign. We have to be hopeful, also ambitious, but being obsessed does not work in an area of life, “said the Spaniard. To go far in Europe again.
“Football is a great sport in which every result is possible,” he said.
“You can play very well and lose it poorly or play and win, but our goal is to go as far as possible and try to win everything.”
It has been a slow start for PSG in the interior, because they are fifth in Ligue 1 who won only two of their first five outings.
On Friday they lost 3-2 at home to Nice, despite the fact that Mbappe scored twice to continue to seven goals in four performances this season. “It has not been a good start, but it has never been for me where I coached,” Luis added Enrique.
“There is a lot of information to give to the players, many concepts to take on board.
“Fortunately, the players have been really receptive. In that sense I am happy with the attitude of the team.
“It is all a process and experience tells me that you need time. Not that I ask for time because I know how this industry works, but in that sense I am calm.
“The good football and good results will come, I am sure.”