Luis Enrique spoke at a press conference this Thursday to discuss the importance of the Paris Saint-Germain records in the last straight line of the season. While the club in the capital will face OGC Nice this Friday as part of the 31st day of Ligue 1, the Spanish coach stressed the importance of breaking the records for his team. Although Luis Enrique has already won the title of French champion for several days, he hopes that his players will remain motivated and continue to perform in the championship.

“It’s special to be a champion so much ahead of time, it’s important to stay motivated by beating records,” explained the coach. However, he pointed out that PSG’s priority was now the Champions League: “The records are not our number one goal, our goal is to win titles, I would gladly exchange a defeat against Nice for a qualifying in the LDC final.”

When asked about the differences between last year’s semifinal against Borussia Dortmund and this year’s semifinal against Arsenal, Luis Enrique said that the PSG had seen a great evolution in the last year: “There is a very large growth of the team compared to last year. This year we arrive with more aplomb, having had a complicated league phase in LDC made us better. "

In addition, Luis Enrique also referred to the current form of Vitinha. The Portuguese midfielder had an excellent 2023/2024 season and reached 27th place in the 2024 gold ball classification. However, his half-tone performance against FC Nantes on Tuesday raised some doubts among observers. However, the Spanish coach reassured by stating that Vitinha was one of the best players in his position around the world: “Vitinha is one of the best in the world at his post, I don’t see 2 players better than he in the middle of the field in any team at the moment.”

Luis Enrique hopes that Vitinha will be able to silence the critics in the next matches against Nice this Friday and Arsenal in the semifinal of the Champions League next Tuesday.