While his troops have had all the sorrows of the world to get rid of Espaly, a modest formation of National 3, Luis Enrique pointed out the state of the lawn of the Marcel Michelin stadium.
PSG came close to the disaster on Wednesday. While these 16th finals of the French Cup had already been fatal to most of the Cadors of Ligue 1, Marseille, Monaco, or Lyon having all taken the door, the club of the capital was found under the threat of a penalty shootout against Espaly, to the fight for the maintenance in its national championship 3.
Leaded at the 3e Minute of play, the Parisians first put more than half an hour to equalize thanks to Warren Zaïre-Emery then thought they had made the hardest by taking the advantage in the second period thanks to Désiré Dou. Las, Espaly equalized four minutes later and the champions of France finally had to wait for the 88e Minute and a goal from Bradley Barcola to overcome Haute-Loire lovers, Gonçalo Ramos pushing the nail in additional time.
Luis Enrique is not looking for an apology but …
Questioned at the end of the meeting, Luis Enrique paid a good tribute to the men of Espaly. “They had an excellent level, they marked in their first opportunity, which complicated things,” he said. But the Spanish technician also regretted the quality of the field with which had to compose his players.
“The stadium is very good for playing rugby but to play football, good football, it is practically impossible with all my respecthe launched. The ball was constantly bounced. »» And this was not the only complaint of the former midfielder. “It is complicated to play outside with in particular a quality of lawn which can harm. But Espaly really defended. It is a difficult competition and which is even more rendered by the absence of the Var. An arbitration error is impossible to modify ”,
he still deplored.
“I do not take it as an excuse because we must be able to play everywhere, he nevertheless took the trouble to specify. We are delighted that this competition exists, where small clubs can play against adults. We came here with great pleasure but the conditions would deserve to be better for the good of all. To play football, I can assure you that the field was not in good condition. »»
