Luis Enrique indicated Friday that Paris St. Germain will rest some key players to prepare for their two finals, including the Champions League final, as they pursue a treble.
Last month, PSG won the league title with six games to spare and will play the Coupe de France final at Stade de Reims on May 24 before trying to win the Champions League against Inter Milan a week later.
Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Willian Pacho, Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha will not join training until Wednesday.
“Our season-long plan depends on playing time and travel. To be ready for both finals, you must balance all that “Luis Enrique remarked before Saturday’s journey to Montpellier.
Most will travel to the national team after the Champions League final. Unique plans are needed for each player. That’s done, but we need the final matches to reach our goals. The players must arrive mentally fresh… Game against Montpellier and Auxerre next weekend will assist us stick to our plan. We manage several players individually.”
The club’s leading scorer with 33 goals this season came on as a second-half replacement in Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final win against Arsenal, but Luis Enrique says Ousmane Dembele is totally healthy.
“Ousmane Dembele is fine. The Spaniard indicated he wanted to train with the team today.
Because he needed relaxation, the staff let him stay home. But if he needs to come, he can.”
In their second Champions League final after losing to Bayern Munich in 2020, Luis Enrique stated PSG deserves to win after such a lengthy wait. After waited so long, PSG deserves to win. The club was created in 1970, my birth year. I hope this relationship works and we win the Champions League “said.
“The problem is that there will definitely be one team that won’t succeed … but I hope we win.”
