Rennes vs PSG Match Preview
Rennes manager Habib Beye had sympathy for Paris St-Germain after the team of Luis Enrique dominated almost everywhere but at home with Liverpool lost in their Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday.
“Football is sometimes cruel because PSG’s performance has been achieved,” said Beye, who won four of his five games since he took the lead on January 30 and now hits his side against the visiting Ligue 1 -leaders on Saturday.
“We will be in trouble and we also work to bring them into trouble. We are not going to play the victim; We know what a PSG team is and from there we capitulate or we [compete] Hold high with our heads and ambitions, the will to get up.
“We have worked on using the ball knowing that we have less of it, on the aspect of having to [deal with] one-on-one. It is not a bonus competition, it is not [a case of] “We have nothing to lose.”
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“There will be 95 minutes of a challenge that will be imposed on us – a big, super exciting challenge, it is a match in our journey that we have to win, we must give ourselves the means to do it, with personality, players who believe in themselves.”
With the return match in Liverpool on Tuesday (8 p.m. GMT), Luis Enrique inevitably confronted with questions about how focused PSG can be.
“Rennes is always a difficult stadium,” he said. “I have no doubt that it is a good incentive to beat us. There is no easy match when you wear the PSG sweater. “
While PSG is unbeaten in the competition and 13 points clearly at the top, the 11th Rennes placed are 10 points of the top six and nine above the relegation zone with 10 more games.
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