Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) coach Luis Enrique hailed his squad as the “best in the world” after reaching the Champions League semifinal.
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PSG is the “best squad in the world”
Despite losing 3-2 in the second leg, PSG clinched the semifinal berth with a 5-4 aggregate win over Aston Villa.
The French side will face either Arsenal or Real Madrid in their second semifinal in two years.
Under Enrique, PSG has replaced its ‘galácticos’, like Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Kylian Mbappe, with talented up-and-coming players, and the shift in policy appears to be paying off.
“I think I have the best squad in the world, not only the goalkeeper. When you are in a club like PSG, you have a lot of quality players,” Luis Enrique told Amazon Prime TV.
“I think in the whole two matches, we deserved to win.”
“I am very happy because I can offer our supporters another qualification to the semifinal.”
Credit goes to Aston Villa
Achraf Hakimi was one of the early scorers for PSG on Tuesday, along with fellow full-back Nuno Mendes.
The former Barcelona coach praised Villa’s intensity, which saw them come back from 2-0 down on Tuesday, 5-1 behind on aggregate, to score three times.
“We started the game in a great way, scoring two amazing goals, trying to take advantage of the spaces,” Enrique said.
“We cannot forget, this is the Champions League and you have to accept that the opposite team has a lot of quality. Aston Villa played with a lot of intensity in the second half.”
“They didn’t have anything to lose because they lost the first match and were losing at halftime in the first half [of the second leg].”
