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PSG boss Luis Enrique heaps praise on team after claiming 'sweetest and hardest title'

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Published 1 month ago

Paris Saint-Germain are often praised for their incisive ⁠attacking play, but the 2-0 victory over Lens on Wednesday, which sealed a ‌fifth straight title, showed they have the mentality ‌to win games even when they ‌are on the back foot, said boss Luis ‌Enrique.

[p]Goals from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kvaratskhelia-khvicha/bNuGt0hE/"]Khvicha Kvaratskhelia[/a] and substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbaye-ibrahim/nkxtcGo7/"]Ibrahim ‌Mbaye[/a] secured [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/lens-IBmris38/psg-CjhkPw0k/?mid=vXzxUeVr"]the win[/a] that put [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]PSG[/a] beyond the reach of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]Lens[/a] in the Ligue ‌1 title race.[/p][p][b]"Today, we spent more ⁠time defending ‌than usual," [/b]said Luis Enrique.[/p][p][b]"But if you want to ​win trophies, you have to be able to dominate both offensively and ​defensively. And the team today showed the mentality it needs to win."[/b][/p][image alt="PSG are the champions of France" id="9b114bd6-746e-4575-923b-7b879f293bfc" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="55fe31fa-3b74-4531-a8c1-cdb17a1f9abe" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]PSG won the ⁠league with ​just one game to spare, a much tighter margin than in their 2024/25 campaign when they had the title wrapped up with ‌six games left.[/p][p][b]"This is the sweetest and hardest title to win. The hardest of the three years we’ve had here, without a doubt. But that’s also because Lens did a very good job,"[/b] the Spanish manager said.[/p][p][b]"And I remember certain moments from this season, the kind of matches ‌they won and the number of consecutive ​matches they won. And it was ‌tricky. We had to deal with that."[/b][/p][embed guid="7b5844e2-95e5-446a-8f11-e48d586d0d63" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhJbPvPEZtY&pp=ygUEcHNnIA%3D%3D" social-type="youtube" /][p]PSG face neighbours Paris FC in their final league game on Sunday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/psg-CjhkPw0k/?mid=EJZRaQ15"]before taking on Premier League club Arsenal in the ⁠Champions League ⁠final[/a] later this ‌month.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/france/ligue-1/"]Follow the final round in Ligue 1 with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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