Luis Enrique claimed that he has the best team in the world at his disposal in Paris Saint-Germain after they were in the semi-final of the Champions League in the costs of Aston Villa.
PSG went in the second stage in the order of the draw after a 3-1 win in the first stage in the Parc des Princes last Wednesday.
And they seemed to have brought the draw to bed when Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes brought them after just 27 minutes with 2-0 out of 27 minutes, so Villa needed four goals to force extra time.
But your Tielemans gave Villa Hope in the 34th minute when his effort brewed in Willian Pacho, who was the victim of more accident when he helped the long -distance effort of John McGinn on his way to the net of 10 minutes in the second half.
Ezri Konsa then scored two minutes later up close to put Villa on the eve of a remarkable comeback.
The raw Villa-Park public, however, was refused the fourth goal that it demanded, Gianluigi Donnarumma, who pulled out a series of rescues before Pacho blocked the seemingly target-bound effort of Ian Maatsen in the stoppage of the stoppage to confirm the place of PSG in the last four.
After the game spoken with Prime Video Sport, Luis Enrique was asked if he has the best keeper in the world in Donnarumma, but he went much further than that.
“I think I have the best team in the world, not just the goalkeeper,” Luis Enrique replied. “You have many quality players in a club like PSG. That is football and that is competition.”
That may seem like an eyebrow -increasing claim to make about a team shaved from the services of Kylian Mbappe after his move to Real Madrid last year.
With their elimination from Villa after an impressive last-16 victory over Liverpool, Luis Enrique’s confidence in a team that is still losing in its own country this season is understandable.
He believes that his players will improve for the experience of holding Villa.
“That match for us is something that allows to grow up and compete even better,” he added.
“Aston Villa played with a lot of intensity in the second half. I have to say that we started the game in a great way, amazing two goals, and I think we deserve to win in the entire two games.”
PSG is confronted with Arsenal or Madrid in the semi -final. Arsenal led 3-0 from the first stage, with Mbappe and Madrid in the hope of producing a vintage passage in the Santiago Bernabéu to keep their title defense alive.
