PSG vs Borussia Dortmund: UEFA Champions League Clash and Coach Luis Enrique’s Perspective

2023-09-19 18:09:23

Paris Saint Germain receives Borussia Dortmund by date 1 of Group F from UEFA Champions League.

They will be measured this Tuesday, September 19 in Princes Park for him Group F. Milan y Newcastle They are the other two teams that make up the area.

The history between these two teams is equal with one win per side. They met in the round of 16 of the 2019-2020 edition. The Germans won at home and the Parisians did the same at home. On that occasion he advanced PSG by visitor goal. The French team would reach the final, which would end up losing by the minimum against Bayern Munich.

The coach of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)the Spanish Luis Enriquerefused this Monday the pressure that exists in the club to lift his first Champions League and maintained that “obsession does not work in any sector of life.”

“My obsession is to make my players understand how I want us to play, then life and football will put you in your place,” said the coach on the eve of the PSG debut in Park the Princes before him Borussia Dortmund (German runner-up and Champions League winner in 1997), one of the tough rivals of his Group F which also shares with the Milan and the Newcastle.

Insistently asked about the obsession of PSG to win the top European club competition, he asserted that “when a person, a team, a club become obsessed with something, it is not a good sign.”

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“You have to have enthusiasm, hope, ambition, but obsession does not work in any sector of life,” he added.

Since the sovereign wealth fund Qatar bought the PSG 11 years ago, the club has not achieved the desired “Orejona“, despite the high investment in signings and salaries. The best performances were the final in 2020 and a semifinal in 2021.

Champions League winner with Barcelona as a coach in 2015, Luis Enrique He considered that the most important thing is that he has found “a very receptive group” to his ideas, although he is aware that the time to assimilate them is limited.

He also acknowledged that having lost on Friday against A string at home (2-3, fifth loss in el Parque de los Príncipes in nine games) along with two other draws in the League do not constitute “a great start” to the season.

PSG vs Borussia Dortmund lineups: Champions League match

PSG: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Milan Skriniar, Lucas Hernandez; Warren Zaire Emery, Manuel Ugarte, Witness; Ousmane Dembele, Kolo Muani and Kylian Mbappe.

Borussia Dortmund: Gregor Kobel; Marius Wolf, Niklas Süle, Nico Schlotterbeck, Julian Ryerson, Marcel Sabitzer; Mats Hummels, Emre Can, Julian Brandt, Donyell Malen; Karim Adeyemi.

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