Luis Enrique stated he was attempting to separate gamers throughout a post-match brawl on the finish of Paris Saint-Germain’s Membership World Cup last defeat towards Chelsea after footage appeared to indicate the him pushing João Pedro to the bottom.
Chelsea’s 3-0 win ended with dangerous tempered scenes following an 86th minute pink card proven to PSG’s João Neves for pulling the hair of Blues defender Marc Cucurella and the 2 units of gamers clashed on the last whistle.
Pedro, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Achraf Hakimi had been all concerned in a confrontation earlier than Luis Enrique appeared to push the Chelsea ahead within the face. However the former Barcelona coach stated that whereas the scenes had been “not what was greatest,” he stated that he was trying to calm the state of affairs.
“I’ve no drawback expressing my feeling on the finish of the sport in a excessive degree of strain,” he advised reporters. “It is very nerve-racking for all of us. It will be inconceivable to keep away from that.
“All people was concerned. It was not what was greatest and the tip results of the strain of the match.
“I’ve seen [Chelsea coach Enzo] Maresca. I noticed he had pushed others and we needed to separate all of the gamers and I have no idea the place that strain got here from.
“However it is a state of affairs we should all keep away from. That goes with out saying. My intention is that I needed to separate the footballers, so the conditions did not develop into worse.”
Chelsea’s Pedro stated he thought a few of the workforce might have quickly misplaced their heads after the loss, however appeared to write down the state of affairs off whereas speaking within the combined zone.
“I needn’t say about them as a result of it is regular. Everybody desires to win the sport and, in the long run, I feel they misplaced their heads,” Pedro stated. “However that is soccer, this has occurred and now we have to get pleasure from it as a result of we received the event, that is it. I do not wish to speak an excessive amount of about them as a result of you understand how it really works. Soccer is that this.”
After falling to a shock defeat, which denied PSG the possibility so as to add a world title tot their Champions League crown, Luis Enrique stated his workforce weren’t “losers.”
“We’re not losers, there aren’t any losers,” he stated. “We’re the runners-up. A loser is any person who offers up. On this excessive degree of sport there aren’t any losers in any respect.”
Luis Enrique and PSG will get some wanted time without work with the conclusion of the Membership World Cup. They return to motion on the weekend of Aug. 17 when Ligue 1 play resumes.