Sporting Portugal v PSG: Luis Enrique pulls no punches after the defeat

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·21 gennaio 2026

Sporting Portugal v PSG: Luis Enrique pulls no punches after the defeat

This Tuesday, Paris Saint-Germain made their return to the Champions League to face Sporting Portugal and were defeated 2-1 (video summary here) as part of the 7th matchday of the group stages. After the match, Luis Enrique, the coach of the capital club, spoke to PSG TV to discuss this result.

Enrique "We played our best away game of the season."

"This result is so unfair... It's disappointing, and for me as a coach, you have to accept all possible situations in a football match but it's incredible. For me, and I say this as usual with honesty, we played our best away game of the season. We overcame the opponent at every moment, we controlled the match, we created many chances. But we are not stupid, and we know we have to score goals. But I think we did everything to win this match, we were very superior and it's so unfair that it's frustrating for us as a team to accept this."

Enrique "We were very superior to our opponent"

"That's how it is, we have to continue. It's clear that we have to convert the chances we had, but this result is so unfair... We have to keep going, we know the difficulty of this competition. We were very superior to our opponent and therefore did not see their qualities, and I think we will go very far in the Champions League because with this mentality and personality, I am very proud of my players."

A match filled with frustration for PSG who showed ambition and dominance. Unfortunately, football sometimes proves to be unfair and it must be accepted. This Tuesday, the capital club deserved the victory and was once again crucified by an opponent who was extremely realistic.

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The Parisians remain in a difficult period as this defeat comes shortly after being eliminated in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. Mentally, they will have to recover again. As the defending champions, PSG must now react and be relentless at home on January 28th against Newcastle.

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