This will be the “Luis Enrico”.
In the quarter-final of the Champions League, chance chose Friday to pit PSG against FC Barcelona.
A European classic of recent years, and a necessarily special match for the Parisian coach, Luis Enrique.
Winner of the Champions League on the Barça bench in 2015, he was also the coach behind the famous “remontada”, the 6-1 defeat of PSG in the quarter-final return in 2017.
Asked at a press conference about this reunion on the eve of the match against Montpellier in Ligue 1, Luis Enrique was very enthusiastic about this future quarter-final.
“We were lucky, we returned to Spain.
As a Spaniard, I return to Barcelona, the city where I spent most of my career.
I feel wonderful there, it’s very good news.
We knew that the competition was going to give us a difficult team with great individual qualities.
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The Parisian coach, who arrived last summer, was obviously revived on the comeback.
“It was of no use because it did not allow us to win the C1 since Juve eliminated us,” he says.
Everyone remembers it, but PSG won 4-0 in the first leg.
I only remember the comeback, but 15 days before, we were between life and death.
The culprits were the coach and the staff.
I also remember the 4-0, like the 6-1.
It's part of history, I'm proud of my entire playing and coaching career.
I'm going to try to give 100% to get through this round.
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The Ligue 1 leader will host the Blaugranas on Wednesday April 10 at the Parc des Princes at 9 p.m.
The return will take place six days later, on Tuesday April 16 at the Montjuïc Olympic stadium in Catalonia and not at the traditional Camp Nou which is currently being renovated.