Paris Saint-Germain was defeated in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals by Barcelona at home last night, 2:3.
This was a special game for the Parisians’ coach, Luis Enrique, who had played for and coached the Catalan giants in the past.
He feels disappointed with the loss, but is confident that Kylian Mbappe and his teammates can win in Barcelona in the return leg, “Gazeta Express” writes.
“It is clear that you cannot be satisfied when you lose. But, I think we played a good game against an excellent opponent. Our lives got complicated from the beginning, we didn’t play well in that part of the game. Then we went 2:1, equalized at 2:2 and then 2:3 for them…,” the Spanish coach initially declared for UEFA’s official channel.
The game is open, we will go to Barcelona with a lot of desire and ambition, for us it will be like a final. I have confidence in my team, we have positive aspects to try to overturn the result. We always need to try to give our maximum in matches of this level, we are in the Champions League quarter-finals, we know we can win and that’s what we’ll go there to do,” Luis Enrique continued.
Two goals from Raphinha and one from Christensen secured Barcelona’s big win, while Dembele and Vitinha’s goals were not enough for the Parisians at the “Park of the Princes.
However, nothing is over as we still have 90 fiery minutes awaiting us in the return leg between these two giants.
