“Luis Enrique is a magician”: Szoboszlai’s lavish tribute to PSG

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·13 juillet 2026

“Luis Enrique is a magician”: Szoboszlai’s lavish tribute to PSG

Dominik Szoboszlai, Liverpool’s 25-year-old midfielder, paid glowing tribute to Paris Saint-Germain and Luis Enrique in an interview with France Football. Marked by the Reds’ two European eliminations at the hands of the Parisian club, the Hungary international described an impressive team led by a true “magician.”

Szoboszlai: “This year, they snuffed us out”

“My dreams? Honestly, when I was a child, I always dreamed of winning the Champions League. (…) Unfortunately, we came up against PSG twice in the Champions League. Two seasons ago, we managed to put them under pressure (1-0, 0-1, 1-4 on penalties in the 2025 round of 16), but this year, they snuffed us out (0-2, 0-2 in the quarter-finals).”

Szoboszlai’s assessment reflects Paris Saint-Germain’s spectacular rise on the European stage. Liverpool had managed to seriously trouble Paris in their first meeting, before being much more clearly outplayed by the Parisian side the following season.

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This difference highlights the collective progress made under Luis Enrique: PSG did not just win, they made one of England’s heavyweights feel as though they could never truly get into the contest.

Szoboszlai: “He built a team that is always moving in a coordinated way”

“Luis Enrique is a magician. He built a team that is always moving in a coordinated way, with a kind of freedom in their movement, very strong in possession, in their runs, in their passing. But I am convinced we can compete, and I am hopeful that with the new coach, Andoni Iraola, we will move in the right direction. And then, obviously, I dream of playing in the World Cup one day.”

The tribute is all the more striking because Szoboszlai does not merely praise Paris’s individual players. The Liverpool midfielder emphasizes the structure devised by Luis Enrique, capable of combining coordinated movement and attacking freedom without unbalancing his team.

Seeing an opponent who has faced PSG directly use the word “magician” illustrates the stature the Spanish coach has now attained. Paris now impresses as much through its results as through an immediately recognizable playing identity.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.