Paris Saint-Germain is enduring its most difficult start to a league season in 19 years. Friday’s 2-1 home defeat to Monaco left the club winless after three Ligue 1 matches, marking a performance reminiscent of the 2007-08 campaign when PSG finished 16th and narrowly avoided relegation. During that season, the team waited until their sixth match to secure a victory, eventually finishing just three points above the drop zone. Currently, the Parisians sit seven points off the league pace.
Confidence Amidst Challenges
Despite the domestic struggles, the club has signaled long-term faith in its leadership, handing coach Luis Enrique a contract extension through 2030. This vote of confidence arrives just days before PSG begins the defense of its Champions League title, with a match against Slovan Bratislava scheduled for Wednesday.
Enrique’s Perspective
- Luis Enrique dismissed concerns regarding the form, noting that Monaco only managed two shots on target during the match.
- “What I want to get across is that you shouldn’t look only at the result,” Enrique stated after the loss, where PSG led at halftime before conceding twice.
- The coach highlighted the team’s pressing performance, arguing that luck was not on their side during the defeat.
- “Monaco know that if they play against us like this 10 times, we win eight, there’d be one draw and we’d lose once. This was that one defeat,” he insisted.
Looking ahead, Enrique remains defiant about the seven-point deficit. “It is incredible motivation for my players, for the team and for the club. If you want to bet on who will be champions at the end of the season, we can place a bet. Seven points? OK, we will try to make up that deficit as quickly as possible,” he added. The report also notes that we’ll see at the end of the season whether things balance out,” he said after Friday’s 2-1 setback in which they were ahead at halftime but conceded twice after the break.
