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Despite the precious victory won by his troops on the lawn of RC Lens (0-2), Luis Enrique had it somewhat bad at the end of the meeting.
PSG have undoubtedly stunned Ligue 1 for good. The opportunity was too good for the Parisians. On Saturday, the French champions had in fact seen their two main rivals start the new year on the wrong foot. After Monaco, surprised at home by Stade de Reims (1-3), it was Nice which actually got its foot in the ground in Rennes (2-0). Enough to offer a boulevard to the champions of France.
Luis Enrique’s troops certainly did not have an easy time since the schedule had reserved for them a perilous trip to Lens for the resumption of Ligue 1. The Parisians also came close to being penalized from the first minutes but were able to count on Gianluigi Donnarumma to stop the penalty taken full axis by Przemysław Frankowski. And subsequently, PSG, who opened the scoring after half an hour thanks to Bradley Barcola, actually trembled until the last minutes of the match and a second goal signed Kylian Mbappé. And this despite the exclusion of Jonathan Gradit shortly before half-time.
But despite the victory, Luis Enrique was visibly mischievous. In any case, all it took was a relatively innocuous question from Thibault Le Rol for the Parisian coach to get annoyed. While the Prime Video journalist wanted to know if Achraf Hakimi, who had gone to play the CAN with Morocco, had missed this PSG, the Spanish technician took exception. ” For what “he first replied, the former beIN Sports then explaining that the Moroccan was simply a very good player.
“And Kang-in Lee isn’t?” Kimpembe, right? Nuno Mendes, right? And Skriniar, right? I don’t know why you are asking me this question, then replied the former Barcelona player, referring to the other absent players. I am the coach, I have the duty and the responsibility to get the best out of my players, of those I have available. Hakimi is one of the best players in the world in his position and he played a lot of good matches with us, but here he is playing with his national team. Why should I complain about it? I have to be optimistic with the players who are there.
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