Enrique: 'PSG needs to get rid of the Champions League obsession'
"When a club is obsessed with something, it's never a good sign. You need to be ambitious but obsession is not, it's the same in every other aspect of life. We want to compete and deliver. "Give the fans a lot of joy, but there will be no obsession," Enrique said at a press conference before the match against Dortmund at Parc des Princes.
In the 2023-2024 Champions League, PSG is in Group F, with Dortmund, Milan and Newcastle. Luis Enrique and his team are rated highest thanks to their uniform strength and stars in the squad. PSG has passed the group stage for the last 11 consecutive periods, but that is not enough to satisfy the ambitions of this club's fans.
Since being invested by the Qatar Investment Fund, PSG has set its sights on winning the Champions League. They brought in stars like Neymar, Kylian Mbappe or Lionel Messi to realize that dream but failed. The best result PSG achieved was runner-up in the 2019-2020 season. In the 2020-2021 season, they reached the semi-finals, but in the last two seasons, PSG both stopped in the 1/8 round.
"You need to wait and see how the tournament will play out," Enrique said. "Football is a great sport, any outcome is possible. You can play a great match and still lose, sometimes you play badly and win. PSG's goal is to win every tournament it participates in." . That is an ambitious but necessary goal."
PSG is ranked fifth in Ligue 1 after five rounds with eight points. They have not been stable under Enrique, winning only two out of five matches. Last weekend, PSG even lost 2-3 to Nice. That was a bad momentum run before the Champions League opening match.
Enrique expressed: "There is a lot of information that needs to be exchanged, ideas, concepts and players that need to be analyzed. I see that the whole team is willing to absorb it. PSG fans are great. They support us." even when the results are not good. I have experienced this, every process takes time. I am calm, confident that PSG will play well and get good results."
