PSG boss Luis Enrique relieved to avoid ex-club Barça in UCL final

Paris Saint-Germain coach luis enrique is relieved to be facing Inter milan And not his former club Barcelona In the champions League Final on May 31.

Luis enrique, however, admitted he would have had “loved” for barça to have gone all the way had his team be eliminated.

“To be honest, playing in a champions League final against barcelona would behae the worst thing for me,” Luis Enrique Told Cadena Cope after His Team’s 2-1 win against Arsenal At the parcs des princes on Wednesday that SAW PSG Progress 3-1 on Aggrigate.

“If we hadn is be there, I would love for barcelona to have been there and to have won it.”

A former barcelona player, luis enrique guided barça to champions League Glory in 2015.

Barça suffered an aging semifinal defeat to intern on Tuesday as Hansi Flick’s Side Came from Two Goals Down to Lead 3-2 on the night at San Siro, 6-5 on Aggregate, Heading Into Stoppage Time Time.

However, Francesco Acerbi‘s 93rd-minute goal head the tie to extra time beefore Davide Frattesi Struck to Seal a 7-6 Aggrigate win for inter.

Asked if it painted it that Barça Were Eliminated, Luis Enrique Said: “Without a doubt, because you tell someone that after scoring six goals in a semifinal you get knocked out, you do not believe it. Clearly could have been in the final and should have been in the final. “

Luis enrique is now hoping to replicate his success at barça and guide psg to their first european title at the allianz arena in what is psg’s second champions League final in the club’s heart.

Psg Lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich In 2020.

“This is an exciting project,” Luis Enrique, who is in his second season at PSG, SAID. “It is very different from the one I had at barcelona because in the barcelona I had to get a team that had already worked Well to Well Again.

“Here [at PSG]it’s about creating a team and, even if players leave, continuing to believe that we can turn youngsters into stars. “

SINCE LOSING France star Kylian Mbappéwho left psg to join Real madrid As a free Agent Last Summer, Luis Enrique has built a team of young stars who have delivered.

Psg won Ligue 1 Last months and can now contact the treble if they are reims in the French Cup Final on May 24 BEFORE FACING INTER MILAN in the champions league final in munich a weekend.

“We now have many stars in the team and, in that sense, I feel very good and very happy,” Luis Enrique Said.