Los Angeles:
Paris Saint -Germain this week arrived at the newly crowned European kings in the United States of the club’s World Cup, and it is treated for the profitable FIFA competition, not as a disturbance at the end of a tired butt -or -dangerous season.
“I think it is an incredible competition,” said Paris Saint -Germain coach Luis Enrique.
“Our goal is to be competitors and try to win a fifth cup for this season.”
The French-backed French giants can be forgiven for their desire at some time to enjoy the glory of their 5-0 victory over Inter Milan in Munich, which allowed them to finally win the Champions League for the first time in their history.
There were many painful failures in the elite club competition in Europe, as well as billions of euros that are spent on transportation fees on stars such as Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, before Captain Marquinhos raised the cup.
“We have made a history for the club, for the city and the entire country,” defender Lucas Hernandez told SPORTS DAILY L’EQUIPE after the PSG team offered their cup on Champs-ilsees Street in Paris.
PSG has played 58 games since last August, and has swept all the local awards available in France this season, and has become al -Qaeda in recent years.
But simply there is no time to stop and think.
Many of their players, including the Champions League final, spent last week at international service before returning to their club and leaving for Los Angeles, where they will start the World Cup adventure this week.
“The tournament itself is a truly attractive possibility,” Luis Enrique told FIFA.com.
“We have to achieve a balance between the management of physical and mental fatigue that we are facing now at the end of a long season and harnessing the motivation that comes with participation in the competition.”
The opening game Paris Saint -Germain will be against another European weight, as they face Antoine Griezmann Atletico Madrid in Rose Paul in Pasadina, outside Los Angeles, on Sunday.
They will also face the Champions of South American Potafogo, from Brazil, before moving north to take over Seattle Sounds in the remaining Group B matches.
It is expected that it will be eligible for the knockout stage without many issues. Paris Saint -Germain can end with a total of seven games if you reach the final in New York on July 13 – just one month before the first match scheduled for the next season in UEFA Supercup against Tottenham Hotspur.
Stressing such a long campaign, with Dembele’s Oudman – their top scorer this season with 33 goals – struggled with an injury that was played with France last week.
They were unable to add any new players to their team during the short transfer window that was opened at the beginning of this month before the tournament – they reported his interest in the Ukrainian defender in Bournemouth, Illia Zabarnyi did not turn into anything tangible.
But the rewards for success in the club’s World Cup are attractive and must be sufficient to preserve the Luis Enrique band, which focuses on its goal, with up to $ 125 million of the prize money offered to the best European team if they can go throughout the way. AFP