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Enrique dismisses talk of PSG being favourite against Villa
Gulf Today
|April 09, 2025
While PSG has been a regular in the last eight since Qatari investor QSI bought the club 14 years ago, and reached the semifinals last season, Villa has not been in this stage of the competition since 1983.
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Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) coach Luis Enrique shrugged off talk of his side being the favourite against Aston Villa ahead of their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday.
While PSG has been a regular in the last eight since Qatari investor QSI bought the club 14 years ago, and reached the semifinals last season, Villa has not been in this stage of the competition since 1983.
"People said we had no chance against Liverpool (in the round of 16), so in my mind there is no such thing as favourites," Luis Enrique said at a news conference on Tuesday. "It's a very open and difficult match for both sides. I know it will be intense."
PSG wrapped up a record-extending 13th Ligue 1 title on Saturday with six games to spare. Villa is pushing for a top-four finish in the Premier League and is a 12-time consecutive winning run heading to Paris for the first leg.
Luis Enrique, who guided Barcelona to the treble in 2015, is bracing himself for a tactical headache against a Villa side coached by Spanish countryman Unai Emery.
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