PSG-Monaco: “Staying invincible does not interest me, what matters is winning titles”, specifies Luis Enrique

After the French Cup and success in Le Mans (0-2) and before the Champions League dam in Brest, PSG found the French championship this Friday at the Parc des Princes at 9:05 p.m. He receives Monaco that he has already beaten twice this season, in the Principality in Ligue 1 and in Doha during the Champions Trophy. This time, this is the 21st day and this Thursday, on the eve of the meeting, Luis Enrique was at a press conference from the Poissy campus.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, competing with Matvey Safonov in November, he found his number 1 place definitively?

KHVICHA KVAratskhelia, who has not played for a month, is not at the same athletic level as his partners. When will it be ready?

I don’t know. It is obvious that when a player arrives he has to adapt to a lot. It will be quite short but we have recruited it for a long -term project. We are not in a hurry because we are in a good dynamic. We are not worried.

Is Ousmane Dembélé a leader?

I have known him from Barcelona. He is a very open boy. It connects with all its partners. His figures have exploded, he is in a spectacular series. With him, the idea is not to put any limits. We want him to continue to be important, decisive, to turn into a leader, make assists, put goals. He can become one of the team leaders.

Your calendar is hellish. How do you manage these work overloads?

It’s a tetris game. We can plan things but we then see that there are two sick players in training or a suspension. It remains open. We want to solve this by managing playing times but it’s difficult. It’s not a problem, I don’t complain about that. It is an opportunity to meet expectations that exist. The competition keeps fit. It is a stimulus. Training before and after the matches do not have an additional physical charge. Excessive loads are avoided and correct the errors in video.

Is there a difference in management between Ligue 1 and the other tests given your advance on the dolphin, Marseille?

Each situation is different. We have a lot of margin in Ligue 1 but none in the French Cup or in the Champions League. We just know that we will play a quarter -final cup and two C1 games. This can influence the eleven aligned.

Is invincibility an objective in Ligue 1?

I never talked about it. Staying invincible does not interest me. What matters is to win titles, make the club larger and the supporters proud.

“I said that it took four players with twelve goals and there is already one who has exceeded this score”

With hindsight, was the bet successfully successfully succeeded in the after Kylian Mbappé?

I was very courageous last season to say that the team would be better this season. I continue to think that we are better in attack and defense. The figures say it. The players took it as a challenge (to replace Mbappé). We wanted to keep Kylian. Everyone loves Kyky. But the team responds very positively. We remain spectacular. I had said that it took four twelve goals and there was already one who has exceeded this score. We invite other players to imitate it and improve

Do you care about the number of kilometers traveled by your team, higher since the start of your mandate compared to the past?

I don’t need to see the figures. I don’t care. I see it according to the occasions, the pace of the match. The number of high intensity sprints is greater than KMS and we are in the best teams in this area.

Are you better in December as Monaco coach says?

No, this is the fruit of a whole season. There are ups and downs. We are in a positive dynamic. It was time: we came out of a complicated situation in the Champions League. We try to make the current period last but there are so many matches and months of competition.

Is Achraf Hakimi forfeit this Friday?

It is cold right now and he can have with these temperatures. Like Senny Mayulu. They are not packages

Would you like to fall on Brest in the French Cup to have less work to prepare the opponent that you already meet three times in February?

Whenever I play against Brest or Monaco, I have no less work because it’s always difficult to face them.