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Luis Enrique admits that he had reservations concerning the high quality of Ligue 1 when he first joined Paris Saint-Germain in the summertime.
The membership on the again of certainly one of its poorer seasons had crushed RC Lens to a historic eleventh title, and its new supervisor who had but to work in France, had preconceived notions of the duty that awaited him when he took over.
One thing that the Spanish supervisor was keen to admit forward of PSG’s Coupe de France quarter-final towards early season rivals OGC Good, the one crew that has managed to beat Les Parisiens within the league this season. “Earlier than arriving right here, I believed that Ligue 1 was a simple championship, but it surely’s fairly the alternative.”
“There’s a really excessive stage among the many gamers and the coaches,” Luis Enrique continued, “You might say to me: ‘You’re simply saying this as a result of it fits you, it makes you look higher within the eyes of others,’ however no. It’s not one thing I say as a result of I’m right here. I say it as a result of I sincerely assume that it’s a league with a excessive stage of competitiveness.”
‘I’ve skilled it’ – Luis Enrique
Within the supervisor’s final three league video games, Les Parisiens have been held to a few consecutive attracts. A reminder for the Spaniard that even with a 10-point hole between them and present runners-up Stade Brestois, there are nonetheless some difficulties forward for the leaders in the event that they need to safe their twelfth league title.
Luis Enrique completed by stating, “There’s a whole lot of expertise, a whole lot of younger gamers who then depart for different leagues. There’s additionally a really excessive stage among the many coaches. And I can say that as a result of I’ve skilled it.”
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