PSG head coach Luis Enrique reacts to their UEFA Champions League semi-final 1st leg 1-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund
Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany
Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany
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00:00Good evening coach, Giovanni Castaldi, the team's channel. I suppose you are disappointed with the result.
00:08A small question in relation to your coaching. You have made only one replacement in the game, apart from the injury of Lucas with Beraldo.
00:15You have chosen to bring in Colomoyni, that means you were satisfied with what you saw on the field.
00:19And why, for example, not have used Gonzalo Ramos, who seems to be in full possession of his means currently? Thank you.
00:26Good evening, Aonsuag.
00:33As coaches, we always make decisions according to what we consider to be best for our team.
00:40I think that before starting to assess the changes, I think we have seen an equalised game,
00:47with two teams that play football well when they have the ball, and it is difficult to take it away from them.
00:53I think that we have generated many chances of goals for both teams,
00:57and that if before the game they asked me if I signed as many chances of goals as I would have signed in this game,
01:04but this time the opponent has scored a goal. We have not been able to score any of the chances,
01:12and it is a result that reflects equality on the pitch.
01:17As coaches, we always make decisions according to what we consider to be best for our team.
01:24Before starting to assess the changes, I think we have seen an equalised game,
01:29with two teams that play football well when they have the ball, and it is difficult to take it away from them.
01:34We have generated many chances of goals for both teams, and it is a result that reflects equality on the pitch.
01:41Before starting to assess the changes, I think we have seen an equalised game,
01:46with two teams that play football well when they have the ball.
01:50We have not been able to score any of the chances,
01:53and it is a result that reflects equality on the pitch.
01:56In the quarter-finals, Paris Saint-Germain has already managed to score a goal late in the second leg.
02:01Is there still hope tonight?
02:05I don't think so, I'm sure.
02:09It is the first time in the competition that Dortmund will play their second game away from home.
02:15It is the first time that we will play our second game away from home,
02:20so there are different and new scenarios.
02:23We now have nothing to lose.
02:26In fact, regardless of the result, we would have gone on to win the next game.
02:31I think that everything that has surrounded the game by the fans,
02:36an exceptional atmosphere from the German fans,
02:40and also exceptional from our 3,000 Parisians singing the whole game and encouraging us,
02:46in Paris it will be the opposite.
02:49We will be supported by our fans,
02:52and we just have to think about recovering and improving some aspects of the game.
02:56But, I repeat, I would have agreed to generate the number of chances that we have generated
03:01and how clear they have been to score,
03:04but then we have to be a little more effective to get another result.
03:09It will be an open game like this one, without a doubt,
03:12and we will see what version we give.
03:15I am sure that it is the first time that Borussia will play their second game away from home.
03:31For us, it will be the first time that we will play our second game away from home,
03:36so there are totally different scenarios.
03:39We have nothing to lose, and we will go and get that result.
03:42In any case, as we would have done if the result had been different,
03:45we will try to win this game.
03:47I have to say that the atmosphere has been exceptional,
03:50from the fans and the German fans,
03:53and from our 3,000 Parisians who have not stopped singing throughout the game.
03:56In Paris, it will be the opposite.
03:58Now we have to think about recovering and improving some aspects of the game.
04:02We have to be more effective, but I think it will be an open game.
04:06Good evening, coach. Alice Lefevre for AFP.
04:08Can you give us any news on Lucas Hernandez?
04:11It seemed quite serious, so he still seems to be on his left knee.
04:14Is he already very weak for next week? Thank you.
04:19I have no information, beyond what the doctors have told us.
04:24We have not been able to continue.
04:26We are waiting for medical reports.
04:29I really don't know.
04:32I don't have any news, beyond the news that the doctor told us.
04:36I can't confirm anything.
04:38We will wait for examinations.
04:43Good evening, Loic Tanzy for the team.
04:45We saw a midfield with quite strict instructions.
04:48Ousmane Dembélé, who was on Emre Can.
04:51We saw Vitinha on Brandt and Ruiz on Sabitzer.
04:55It freed up the right wing, Dortmund.
04:57Can you explain what you wanted to do?
05:01Clearly, our goal was to pressure.
05:05Dortmund is a team that can play short passes with the ball.
05:10But at the same time, they have a player like Fulcruz.
05:12A very tall and powerful player to play with a long ball.
05:15We have tried to protect our right and left wing.
05:21And allow a 2-1 against Brale and Barcola.
05:27To be available for each long ball.
05:30We will try to help our right and left wing.
05:34To defend those long balls.
05:36Dortmund is a very well-worked team.
05:38They have those two options.
05:40If you don't press well, they can play.
05:43If you press well, they can play with a long ball.
05:46I think the game has been very even, very disputed.
05:50In the first half, we were a little less intense in attack.
05:57Without generating real danger.
05:59In the second half, it was totally different.
06:05Our goal was to pressure Dortmund.
06:09But Dortmund is a team that has two ways of playing.
06:12They can play long balls with Fulcruz.
06:15But they can also play short passes and make rebounds.
06:18We tried to protect our right wing.
06:22We allowed those two constraints with Barcola.
06:26We also tried not to allow long balls.
06:32But Borussia Dortmund is a very well-worked team.
06:35They have two ways of playing.
06:37They can come out of our pressing with long balls.
06:41Or they can make rebounds with short passes.
06:43I think it's a very tight game.
06:45In the first half, we lacked a little offensive intensity.
06:49But in the second half, it was totally different.
06:55You mentioned two different aspects of your team in the first and second half.
07:00Is it only because of the tactical adjustments you made in the second half
07:04that you found more solutions in the second half?
07:07Or did your team enter the game with a little pressure?
07:12We mentioned that before the meeting.
07:14Was there a little handbrake because of the stakes of this semi-final?
07:17We haven't changed anything tactically.
07:19But the players are not machines or robots.
07:22You press a button and everything works as usual.
07:25I think that in the first half, we lacked a little intensity
07:31to face their defenders and to go with more intensity
07:37and play away from home.
07:39In an environment like this, you need to be more incisive in attack.
07:44In the second half, we didn't make any tactical changes.
07:47We generated a lot more.
07:49The team has something to defend.
07:51They are winning 1-0 and are looking for more transitions.
07:54I think that in the second half,
07:56in terms of the intensity and spirit of the players in attack,
07:59it was better.
08:00But it has nothing to do with tactics in this case.
08:03Simply in moments of the game,
08:05and against a rival of this level,
08:07I think it is logical that there is this equality,
08:11as you have seen today.
08:13I think we have had clear chances to tie the game,
08:17without any doubt.
08:19Thank you.
08:24We didn't make any tactical changes.
08:26You know that the players are not machines or robots.
08:29I think that in the first half,
08:31we lacked a little intensity to be more intense.
08:34The players play away from home,
08:36in an environment like this.
08:38We lacked a little more incisiveness in attack.
08:43In the second half, we generated a lot more.
08:46The opponent had a result to defend and won 1-0.
08:49They tried to look for more transitions and counter-attacks.
08:53I have nothing to blame for the intensity and spirit of my players
08:58in the second half, which was much better.
09:00But it has nothing to do with tactics.
09:03It is an opponent of a very good level.
09:06I think we also created chances to equalize this game.
09:11Last question.
09:15Good evening, coach.
09:16Xavier Monferrand, Radio France.
09:18We saw you at the end,
09:20going to the supporters,
09:23to tell them that nothing is done.
09:27Is that the message you give to the players and supporters?
09:31Nothing is done.
09:34Today, there were 3,000 Parisians here
09:36who have not stopped singing throughout the game.
09:39We have heard them a lot.
09:41In Paris, there will be 50,000 or 47,000.
09:44There will be 3,000 Germans.
09:46The only thing we are going to ensure is
09:48that we do not give up until the 98th minute.
09:51That is our goal.
09:53That our fans feel proud of us.
09:56We will try until the end.
09:58Right now, we have nothing to lose.
10:01We can only win one final.
10:02That is the goal.
10:03That is the goal.
10:09There were 3,000 Parisians here
10:11who have not stopped singing throughout the game.
10:14In Paris, there will be 47,000 Parisians and 3,000 Germans.
10:18The only thing we can assure is
10:20that we will never give up.
10:22We have to make our fans proud.
10:24We have nothing to lose.
10:26We will try until the end.
10:28Thank you.