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Luis Enrique confident that PSG can overcome Barcelona loss in Champions League tie

Luis Enrique confident that PSG can overcome Barcelona loss in Champions League tie

Luis Enrique has backed PSG to overcome their Champions League deficit to Barcelona next week.

The French giants have a mountain to climb in the tie after losing 3-2 at home in the quarter-final first leg on Wednesday (10.04.24) but the coach has "no doubt" that his team will progress to the last four.

Enrique said: "We are going to go to Barcelona to fight a war.

"I never see the opposition as favourites, whoever they are. In top-level competition, that's how I see it. And I will continue to believe that we will go to Barcelona to win the game. I repeat. We could have won this game. (Football) is about small details and let's hope that the small details go our way in the second leg.

"I have no doubt that we can achieve it and I believe that we will achieve it, if there is a team that does not speculate away from home it is us, there are six days left and we depend on winning and that the goals are not worth double away from home. All the games are open in the quarter-finals."

A pulsating clash saw the Parisians fight back from a goal down to lead before ultimately tasting defeat and Enrique has already set his sights on a recovery away from home.

The Spanish coach said: "All defeats hurt and bother, but this match, like all others, has had ups and downs. We started well, dominating, but after 0-1, we had doubts when it came to putting pressure against a Barca with a lot of quality who knew how to break the pressure. At half-time, we changed things and we were able to turn the game around, but after a wonderful play from the second line it was 2-2 and then it was 2-3 from a corner. We had two goals, but the result was negative.

"We have been good on an emotional level, but when you concede a goal at home it is normal for moments of doubt to come and we already consider the Barcelona match as a final to go and win. I congratulate Barca for the victory. We could have obtained another result. We accept the result and are now thinking about the return in Barcelona."

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