2024-02-26 07:03:59
Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
The Spanish coach, Luis Enrique, coach of Paris Saint-Germain, sent a strong and meaningful message to the French star, Kylian Mbappe, when he removed him after 65 minutes of the team’s match against Rennes in the 23rd round of the French League, even though the “spoiled Bondi boy” did not suffer any injury that required him to be replaced, but rather He was healthy.
What is strange is that Enrique took him out while the team was defeated by a goal to nil, which is another big question mark that French newspapers and sports websites referred to with much astonishment and astonishment, because it had never happened before that Mbappe left the field with his team defeated.
Since Mbappe announced his departure from Saint-Germain next summer, the way Enrique dealt with him has changed, as he had previously seated him on the “bench” against Nantes in the 22nd round of the competition, then changed him while losing by a goal to nil against Rennes.
Had Saint-Germain not won a penalty kick in stoppage time of the “90+7” match, from which Portuguese Goncalo Ramos scored the equalizer, the team would have suffered its second defeat this season.
Enrique did not leave the journalists confused, but rather explained to them the justifications for his decision to replace Mbappe while the team was losing, and said: He prepared the players to get used to playing in the absence of Mbappe.
He added: We have to accustom ourselves to Mbappe not participating in matches, because that will happen sooner or later, and I think this is appropriate and normal in a situation like Mbappe. I also do what all coaches do with their players, and I am certain that things are going well, and competition is increasing. Among the players to participate, especially since we are in the middle of the season and there is no room for mistakes to occur, whether in the local league or the European Champions League.
Enrique, the former coach of Barcelona and the Spanish national team, added: I want every player to be able to play as a starter in this team, and for the competition between the players to reach its peak and the opportunity is available to everyone and they must seize it.
At the conclusion of his statements, Enrique was keen to stress that the decision to include a player or not is borne by him alone, and if Mbappe is an important element in the team, this does not give him special or different treatment from the rest of the players, and this is what Lucas Hernandez, the team’s defender, was keen to confirm in his statements. after the match.
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