Luís Enrique on PSG’s Champions League ambitions: ‘There’s stress on us.’ TERMAN WEBSITE

Luís Enrique has mentioned that his Paris Saint-Germain facet “will not be scared”, regardless of admitting a “stress” to win the UEFA Champions League, following Tuesday’s 2-1 victory over Actual Sociedad.

Carrying a 2-0 lead into Tuesday’s Spherical of 16 second-leg, Kylian Mbappé (25) had a decisive impression on the sport, netting a brace to take PSG by means of 4-1 on combination. It’s the first time in three years that Les Parisiens have made it by means of to the quarter-finals of the competitors. 

Traditionally, there was important stress on PSG to win the Champions League, which is a form of holy grail for the membership’s QSI house owners. 

“There is no such thing as a stress on you” – Nasser Al-Khelaifi has given a prolonged speech after PSG secured their place within the Champions League quarter-finals – the main points. (RMC) ⬇️https://t.co/J81LzBlDdC

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While president Nasser Al-Khelaifi sought to take the stress off his gamers in a prolonged post-match speech within the PSG dressing room, Luís Enrique did, nevertheless, admit stress to win Europe’s most prestigious prize. 

“We now have ambition. It’s a must to ask rivals in the event that they need to play in opposition to us [ …] We are going to see the place we are able to go, however we may have the identical ambition within the quarter-finals. The group has proved that they will beat anybody; we aren’t scared,” started Luís Enrique, who’s in his first season on the Parc des Princes.

On successful the Champions League, he added, “It’s the trophy to win since I arrived. There’s stress on us, however we aren’t scared. We have been the youngest group within the group levels and that could possibly be a handicap to place stress on ourselves.”

GFFN | Luke Entwistle