Luis Enrique: 'Live up to our status as French champions'
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The Paris Saint-Germain coach gave his final media briefing ahead of a Ligue 1 game this season at the PSG Campus ahead of Sunday's derby with Paris FC.
"It was like any other game, because I don't remember having an easy away match. We won the game like we have won others, sometimes by suffering, with resilience. Like against Bayern, we had to defend together and we handled the transitions well. It's a game that showed the true level of the two teams, two very good teams and sometimes football is like that. But it was a great match."
"It's the last match for us. We're champions, but our goal is to win the game. It's a derby and we have to live up to our status as French champions. We're happy to play this last game almost at home, in the sense that we don't have a real trip to make. The close proximity of the two stadiums makes it very special. Paris FC deserve to stay up, they're a good team. We want to perform and play with ambition."
"It was a special season, we have said it regularly. I'm very happy with the attitude that we have shown, the resilience, which is a word I like. Lens have had a great season too, and that made things difficult for us. It's great to win in the end."
"Sunday's match will be a real test to show what we want to build as a team. There's no one's individual interests above those of the team. We all work to come into the game against PFC and the Champions League final in the best conditions."
"We don't have a Coupe de France final to play this season, so we're going to work well ahead of the final. We're going to study every aspect that we want to work on. We want to get there at our best technically and physically. And there are no favourites in a final."
"I think this season has been unusual because we have had to work without certain players due to injury. We have had to employ a lot of turnover, and that's always difficult. But it shows the quality of the players who had fewer minutes. We have met the challenge of all three competitions even if we haven't been able to go all the way in the Coupe de France. But it's satisfying to see that things are working well."