Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, President of Paris Saint-Germain, spoke to Canal + after the 4-2 victory over Manchester City (video summary PSG/Manchester City) on Wednesday at the Parc des Princes in the penultimate round of Champions League qualifying. He spoke movingly of his team’s performance and praised the coach and players.
Al-Khelaïfi “It’s a great match, it’s not so much that we won, but it’s the way we played.”
How proud are you?
Yes, of course, we’re happy and proud. It’s not so much that we won, but the way we played. We were losing 2-0, so we turned it around and made it 4-2.
Al-Khelaïfi “I’ve always had confidence in my team”.
Is this one of the greatest emotions you’ve felt as PSG president?
Honestly? Yes. It was difficult because Manchester City are a great team. They have a great coach and great players. Today, the players and the coach showed that we’re a great team too. We have personality and character and the players showed that today.
It’s a very decisive match for us because a lot of people doubted our team. I’ve always had confidence in my team, because I know the players very well and they’re there for the big games. We need to be happy, but we haven’t qualified yet and we’ve got an important game next week. We need to focus on the next game.
Al-Khelaïfi: “He’s the best coach in the world”.
Have you extended Luis Enrique’s contract?
If we have to communicate, I think we have the best coach in the world and I’m keeping him. Some of the media have criticized him, but even for me and even if we’d lost that game, he’s the best coach in the world. We play with personality and character. We play very offensively, and against Manchester City, I think we made a very good plan on him.
