Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique has been heavily criticized by French football expert Jonathan Johnson in the latest edition of his exclusive Daily Briefing column.
PSG were all over the place last night in a 4-1 defeat away to Newcastle United in the Champions League, and Johnson did not hold back with his analysis of Enrique’s poor tactical choices.
The journalist noted in today’s post that Enrique’s choice to play only two in midfield and four in attack was a dangerous move, adding that the Spanish strategist could surely have worked that out with just a little more of a look at how Eddie Howe’s side has played this season.
“I was impressed by Lens’ resolve (against Arsenal), and the fact that they didn’t try to do anything too different, whereas in PSG’s case you have to question why Luis Enrique decided to only go for two central midfielders and four attackers when any minimal amount of match preparation would have shown that that was a suicidal approach,” Johnson stated.
PSG have traditionally underperformed in the Champions League over the years, while being very dominant in Ligue 1 for the previous decade or so, and if this outcome is any indication, they’re no closer to breaking their hoodoo in this competition.
Newcastle, on the other hand, will be overjoyed to have made such a solid start to a very difficult-looking group, gaining four points from their opening two games and currently sitting atop the pile.