Luis Enrique: "Lille is always a difficult match"
Men's football•
The Paris Saint-Germain coach spoke to the media ahead of Friday's Ligue 1 Matchday 18 game at the Parc des Princes.
NATIONS CUP FINAL
"I'm proud of my players who are going to play the Nations Cup final. It's great to see, but we're also looking forward to having them back. But it's great to see them get that far. It's a shame there can only be one winner, but it's positive for the club and makes us proud."
POST-PFC
"After a defeat, everyone wants to get going again. We analysed the game. We know we did everything to win against PFC, but sometimes you come up against a goalkeeper that stops everything. That's what football is like, but you have to keep going. We're playing on Friday against one of the best teams in the league, it's up to us to put in the necessary ingredients."
LILLE
"When we looked at Lille, we saw they do a lot of good things with and without the ball. There is a lot of quality. We'll be at home, it'll be a good test to see how we handle things after losing. We hope we'll put in a good performance."
THE MATCH
"We're playing a big team after a loss, and we know it'll be a tough match, it always has been every time we have played them. We want to win to keep moving forward in the league."
THE PLAYERS' PHYSICAL CONDITION
"I think this season is special in terms of how to handle the squad. I wouldn't be able to compare the state of the players now to last year, because we knew that this season was going to be centred on how to handle recovery. We could have very little time in February to deal with the physical side of things, but that's what we're used to. When there are fewer matches, it's easier, but we're used to the fixture list being as it is."
BOUCNE BACK
"It's important to know that we deserved to win the game. Clearly. We lost it, we accept the result, and we wished PFC good luck for the rest of the competition. But I hope it'll serve as motivation for us to give even more in the league and the Champions League."