PSG, leader, welcomes Reims, 9th in Ligue 1, this Sunday at 1 p.m. as part of the 25th day of the French Championship.
On the eve of this meeting, Luis Enrique, the coach of the capital club, was at a press conference at the Poissy Campus.
How do you prepare for meetings from a tactical point of view?
LUIS ENRIQUE.
My staff and I try to have the ball more than the opponent.
We try to be unpredictable for our opponents, but predictable for ourselves.
Month after month, players have more and more knowledge.
What do you like about Vitinha, who is more and more often a starter?
He is a player who adapts perfectly to our style of play, to what we want to do.
He is versatile and can play in different positions.
He doesn't lose the ball, which is one of his qualities.
It is complete with and without a ball.
He takes up space well.
We are very demanding of him and we think he can still improve, score more goals.
He has unlimited energy.
He wants to train with those who didn't play the next day.
Gianluigi Donnarumma has extinguished the debates on his level.
How do you explain it?
It's good news.
There is nothing more important than feeling confident and loved.
He is a world-class player.
There are only 1 or 2 players like him in the world.
We want him to be a leader in the squad.
He has the game in front of him: he can help us with the positions of his partners.
I am very happy with its performance.
Will Keylor Navas play against Reims and Gianluigi Donnarumma against Nice in the Coupe de France on Wednesday March 13?
It's a good possibility.
I hadn't thought about it but I have to tell the players first.
I communicate the team to them first.
What is the priority: PSG - Reims this Sunday or Nice in the Coupe de France on March 13?
After the Champions League, there is a form of decompression and you have to find the energy to get going again.
There is a difficulty in motivating a player who played in the Champions League in the middle of the week.
Tomorrow (this Sunday), we must be concentrated as much as possible.
They are different competitions.
In these moments, the titles are played out.
And we want to be competitive everywhere.
Nuno Mendes appeared to struggle in San Sebastian against Real Sociedad.
Is it a tactical problem of adapting to the left-back role that is very particular for you?
Players are not machines but humans.
He is playing again after months of injury.
He dominated the spaces, he managed the game situations. He will get back into shape and we will not take any risks.
For a first starting match at this level away, he did very well.
Lucas Beraldo is more comfortable in the center than on the left side.
Why do you insist?
Each player has a preferred position but you should not focus on one role.
If the team needs him elsewhere, you have to take advantage of it.
Ousmane Dembélé is a right winger but he can play as number 9, as a false 9. I need 24 players who say to me: where do you want me to play?
I like players ready to sacrifice themselves for the team, I like that we create a group.
Why did you recruit him?
It's thanks to the good work of Luis Campos, with the problems we encountered with Presnel Kimpembe and Nuno Mendes.
We needed a defender in this area.
A player needs time to adapt, he looks like he just left the training center.
Despite his young age, he adapted very easily.
It fits our idea of the game very well. Everyone needs time.
He is the exception that proves the rule.
Is the mood lighter since you reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League this Tuesday by beating Real Sociedad?
No, I don't think we can say it's good because we qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The goal is to be one of the four best teams in Europe.
We must reverse the negative pressure of recent seasons.
The supporters want their team to be in the top four, they want it.
We must not set any limits for ourselves.
We have no pressure because we have never won the Champions League;
The beauty of football is that it is unpredictable.
Nobody knows who will win the Champions League.
Kylian Mbappé
said he had no problems with you, even if he had problems.
Did you ask him which ones?
Will he start against Reims?
I didn't ask him what his problems were.
Holder tomorrow?
We'll see depending on the weather.
Whether it's hot or not.