Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique is wanting ahead to a reunion with Pep Guardiola within the Champions League on Wednesday night time.
The French league leaders sit prime of Ligue 1, however are vulnerable to failing to qualify for the subsequent stage of Europe’s elite competitors.
They sit on simply seven factors, one behind Metropolis forward of their assembly on the Parc des Princes.
And though the stakes are excessive within the match, Enrique regarded extra excited than nervous in his pre-match press convention.
He mentioned: “Tomorrow will likely be a particular match. Not simply due to its significance for each groups, but in addition as a result of I’ll be assembly a pal with whom I’ve shared some nice moments.
“It’s nice to see Pep once more. What brings us collectively is our method of seeing soccer, of continually urgent, of holding onto the ball greater than our opponents.
“After all there are nuances, however I believe our beginning philosophy is analogous. I really feel very fortunate to be his pal and to have been his team-mate. I believe he’s introduced a brand new method of taking part in to England.
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“Final season, we needed to struggle till the final day to get out of our group. I believe that during the last two seasons, we’ve come up towards some powerful opponents within the group levels. However what I see in my workforce provides me confidence and makes me very optimistic.
“It’s a vital recreation, and everybody must be prepared, each the coach and the workforce. I believe that each groups will likely be attempting to deploy their greatest weapons.
“With the brand new Champions League format, nobody may have predicted the place Manchester Metropolis and Paris Saint-Germain would stand. We nonetheless don’t know what number of factors we’ll have to qualify for the subsequent spherical, however possibly after this spherical we’ll discover out.”
Enrique has bolstered his attacking choices forward of the match with the arrival of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
The ex-Napoli winger joins to offer competitors for the likes of Want Doue and Bradley Barcola in huge areas.
However the PSG boss says the Georgian ahead can play throughout the entrance line and that will likely be evident from his very first look for the membership.
He added: “Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is a participant who confirmed his capability at Napoli and with the Georgia nationwide workforce. He can play on the flanks, within the centre, up entrance… He’s a participant who adapts to our system. He’s additionally concerned defensively, which inserts in with our concept of soccer.
“We outline our recreation plan with that in thoughts. We hope that, with the help of our followers, we’ll handle to be higher, despite the fact that we all know it will likely be troublesome. We now have all of the substances for tomorrow’s recreation to be an excellent soccer match. Might the perfect workforce win, and I hope it’s Paris Saint-Germain.”
