Luis Enrique Faces Backlash Over PSG Rotation Choices in Lyon Defeat
Luis Enrique's lineup gamble backfires, igniting fierce debate as PSG's Ligue 1 title defense faces scrutiny following a surprising defeat to Lyon.
PSG head coach Luis Enrique had heavily rotated his squad against Lyon, and it backfired. The Parisian coach's choices are sparking debate. Yes, Paris Saint-Germain has entered an infernal stretch with three matches per week, but Nasser Al-Khelaifi gave Enrique the squad he wanted.
On Sunday, upon reading the European champions' starting eleven, some were surprised to see that the Parisian coach was resting players such as Marquinhos, Joao Neves, Ousmane Dembele, and even Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, four usual starters. Olympique Lyonnais' victory inevitably reignited the debate over Enrique's management of Ligue 1, especially since PSG will host Nantes on Wednesday. In any case, the decisions of the Parisian coach are generating a lot of ink this Monday, and some regret that Paris takes the French championship so lightly.
This is notably the case of Jean-Louis Tourre, editor-in-chief of RMC, who is nonetheless a PSG fan. Afterward, the journalist expressed all the ill he thought of Luis Enrique's behavior during certain matches. "This PSG team has a tendency to take Ligue 1 lightly, we know it.
The match against Monaco was the best possible example of that. In one week, we go from a league match against Monaco, where they take them lightly and get pushed around, to the matches against Chelsea and Liverpool. The players have that tendency easily, but Luis Enrique does as well.