“Football does not reward scoring chances, football rewards goals”

The Paris Saint-Germain coach, Luis Enrique Martínez, has stressed that “football does not reward scoring chances”, but rather “football rewards goals”, in reference to their 1-2 defeat this Wednesday against the Atlético de Madrid during matchday 4 of the league phase in the Champions League.

“I have no doubt in the fact that we are on the right path, in a series that is incredible and probably unprecedented, but the reality is that football does not reward scoring chances, football rewards goals. And that’s for sure , we are aware of that and we have to improve it, and I first of all,” Luis Enrique said at a press conference from the Parc des Princes.

“I should watch the game in depth again. But what has happened to us during these three Champions League games at home is really inexplicable. I would say that the best adjective is inexplicable, but also unfair,” he said about his three home games. at the start of the season, with bad feelings for PSG.

“”The person responsible for creating 50 scoring opportunities in three games is the team and the person responsible for all of this is the coach. If we don’t get results, I am responsible, I have no doubt. What am I going to do? I am going to do what I consider best so that my team continues creating scoring opportunities, continues to be better than the rival and continues to defend at a high level, but it is very difficult to explain a series of three games in the Champions League in which we were so superior to the rival and only score four goals in the end,” he lamented.

In this sense, he was blunt about his state of mind: “Today I feel screwed, and the same for my players, but tomorrow will be the time to analyze the game with a cool head and get up after all this. Because it is difficult, with the current situation and dynamics, but we will try until the end, until the last minute.

“We need 20 clear scoring opportunities to score, and the opponent closes in and scores. It is the same dynamic every time and we have to accept it, think about getting up and trying again, there is no other possible option,” insisted the Asturian PSG coach. , who answered very seriously to a journalist on the subject of whether they need another attacker.

“Help me if you have that player, that striker, where do I get him from? Those are the statistics of the Champions League and, from there, I am faithful to my ideas. The day I die in football, it will be with my ideas, not with the ideas of a journalist or another coach, it is my ideas that have taken me here and they are the ideas that I will continue to follow,” he alluded to the fruitless attacks of his pupils.

In addition, he complained about Atleti’s performance. “They never got close to our area and they go and score, so obviously it’s a dynamic of something being done wrong. But I can only speak wonderfully about my players, with all the complications they had at the end of the game, with this goal that It has hurt us as would be the case in any other team, and especially a goal from a rival who has done nothing. But we have to accept it, I repeat that this is football and we have to accept it. The faith of my players and the. faith in the team is unbreakable, and I congratulate them until the last minute,” he reiterated.

“We have four Champions League games left and we are going to work until the end. If we qualify, very good; and, if not, the measures that must be taken will be taken, there is no doubt about that. I do not work in the world of football being afraid, so I will go ahead until the last minute; and the day we can’t go any further, we won’t be able to,” Luis Enrique predicted from the press room.

On the other hand, he was asked about Kolo Muani: “Each team uses its arguments, it was a game in which they maintained that line of five at the back until the end and we tried to have a more offensive profile. Unfortunately, Randal could not make things concrete, but I liked his attitude, I liked the way he entered the field. He is a high-level player, I have no doubt about that, but this situation does not change a player, I guarantee it, and this dynamic even less. It is a team that can change things and a coach.”

“Everyone can draw the conclusions they want, I think that no one who has seen the game can say that it was a fair result. It is a totally unfair result, football is unfair, life is unfair and, from there, what Can I improve? Starting tomorrow we will see, because today is very clearly a shit day. So tomorrow we will start thinking about the things we can improve and sure, because yes, of course there are aspects to improve and we will prepare them. We have four remaining Champions League matches,” he concluded.