Luis Enrique dominates all scenarios. From the board he has turned the PSG into a European champion team and in the press room dominates the story as few. He answered up to 40 questions in French, English and Spanish before facing Real Madrid in the semifinals (Wednesday, 9:00 p.m.). He did not find replica by Xabi Alonso, whose intervention was canceled for a delay in the flight of the white expeditionwho decided to return to Miami instead of staying in New Jersey, where the semifinals and the final of the Club World Cup are played.
“Mbappé belongs to the past”
'Lucho' knows perfectly what his past as a player or coach is. Although with the closest and direct, such as the one that Mbappé represents, he prefers not to give too many surroundings, especially before a semifinal that can be an adjustment of accounts. “Kylian belongs to the past and I don't talk about the past anymore”he assured about the Gaul, with which he maintained a good relationship, even in recent times in the club of which he pocked. Now, the striker is the enemy and is part of a Real Madrid of which, “a convinced culé”, as defined, was part for five years. Although he assured that he was not recognized in the chromos in which he left white.
“For me it is a pleasure to play against Real Madrid, it has always been and always will be. For what it means to play with the most laureate team in the world. I would only miss that I dare to give advice to the Madrid coach, it never enters my approach“He said when asked about Xabi Alonso, against whom he will live an unpublished duel on the benches. Although they have faced twice as players: with the Basque in the Royal Society and fight in Barça.
Luis Enrique faces the semifinal of the Club World Cup, which is actually an early final, with the taste of work done after conquering the Champions League. He has mounted a summer camp so that his players notice the pressure less. But that he has encountered Real Madrid always changed everything. “Of course it is a great motivation. I see what time passes and I see new faces, which is also important. Great motivation for me for what this party represents. You know that I am Culé, a culé partner. So it is always motivating for me“He said, throwing a dart to the press that covers Real Madrid and that, many times, coincides with the one that the Spanish team does, which he spent four and a half years interrupted by his daughter Xana's illness.
Donnarumma defense
The Asturian coach has always been anti -limitic. It was with Spain, when Twitch opened to connect with the fan and break the traditional communication with the media. “I don't see social networks. I liked experiencing, but there comes a time when they overcome you. I expose little because I already have an age and I do not need the support of people who do not know me. It is evident that no one bites a sweet and almost all the things that come to you are positive. But social networks also have very bad things, “said Luis Enrique, aware that there is a positive current that places him as the best coach of the season.
The former Barça, who has created a iron core around him, wanted to face Gianluigi Donnarumma, after the musiala injury in a fortuitous intervention of the PSG goalkeeper. Neuer, goalkeeper and partner in the English Bayern, charged the responsibility over Italian. “I think we all know you know about their goodness, In football there are always injuries that are part of the process and life of a player. There was no bad intention as it was seen, but I will not enter the statements of another partner or player. Okay, affected but has already talked to Musiala. We all wish him a speedy recovery, “Lucho defended.
The coach already sees the end of the road of a season that he considers as the best in the history of the club. “To be better the campaign that comes only to me to have many vacations for the next one. To be able to make 'reset' and to do that we are one or two games of finishing the course and we want to do it in the best way. We continue in good dynamics and with the aim of ending closing the year historically“said one of the soccer players who most hate Real Madrid, with which he maintains a relationship of respect and challenge that will live a new chapter in the early final on Wednesday (9:00 pm).
