PSG took the first round of the Champions League round of 16 tie against Real Sociedad, but the French had to suffer, especially in the first half, and work tirelessly to win against the Basques in the Parque of the Princes (2-0). The coach of the Parisians, Luis Enrique, admitted how bad he had it due to the good work of Alguacil’s team.

“I really wanted to play against a Spanish team, and they almost screwed us up. What a way to compete. What a great team. They almost destroyed us in the first half. They are wonderful. But at half-time we were tied at zero and Afterwards we have improved. My God, what suffering! I don’t even want to think about the return in San Sebastián,” the Asturian explained to Movistar.

“The first half was a nightmare. It was difficult for us to be daring and that cannot happen against a team like Real. We have to play with our weapons and if we lose with our weapons nothing happens. That’s sport. The next day you get out of bed again,” the former Barça coach and former Spain coach, among other teams, defended his idea of ??football.

The match began to change in favor of PSG’s interests in a corner kick, at the hour mark, where Mbappé opened the scoring, taking advantage of the fact that his marker Traoré was off the field due to some discomfort. Kubo missed the mark on him. “We have taken advantage of the strategy. Football is capricious like that. Furthermore, Mbappé is not a specialist in these plays,” said the one from Gijón.

Luis Enrique, experienced in a thousand battles, including his Barça’s epic comeback against PSG in 2017, knows that two goals are no guarantee of advancing to the quarterfinals. “It’s going to be very difficult for sure regardless of the result. We’re not relaxed about the result,” he said about the duel in Anoeta on March 5.

“If we don’t play the second half today, they can eliminate us,” warned Luis Enrique, aware that the Txuri-Urdin team put them on the ropes in the first 45 minutes where the Basques imposed themselves with their great pressure and approached the goal defended by Donnarumma, especially with a powerful shot by Merino on the edge of half-time that hit the crossbar.

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