Luis Enrique triumphs again in the Champions League – in the club of the chosen ones

The Paris team defeated London’s Arsenal 4:3 in a penalty shootout on Saturday evening in Budapest (regular time and overtime – 1:1) and defended the title of the strongest European team won a year ago.

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For PSG’s head coach, 56-year-old Spaniard Luis Enrique, this was the third triumph in this tournament. The first time the specialist lifted the prestigious trophy as a coach was in 2015 leading the Barcelona team.

Only Italian Carlo Ancelotti has won the Champions League more times, triumphing 5 times in the elite tournament with Milan and Real Madrid.

Only Pep Guardiola, Zinedine Zidane, and Bob Paisley have also lifted the most prestigious European club football trophy three times.

Arriving in Paris in the summer of 2023, L. Enrique initially did not want to accept PSG’s offer because the team seemed overloaded with difficult-to-manage stars. However, the club owners convinced the Spaniard that he could introduce his culture to the team and that the most important thing would be an attractive style of play, not anyone’s personal interests.

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After a year, PSG lost the biggest modern French football star Kylian Mbappe, who transferred to Real, but this became the beginning of a new era.

L. Enrique has said that he would prefer to have 5 players in the team scoring 10 goals each per season rather than one scoring 20 times. This season, 20 different players scored goals for the Paris club.

“Amazing,” said the Spaniard after the final, immediately stating that he does not want to be called a legend. “I think we deserved the victory considering how we played all season. We will try to be here again next year. Why not?”

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