The stage of Luis Enrique in front of the Paris Saint-Germain continues to accumulate titles and records. The Spanish coach led the French team to a new European crown by win the UEFA Champions League for the second consecutive seasonafter surpassing Arsenal in a final that was resolved in the penalty shootout after overcoming a 0-1 deficit during the match.
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With this new success, The coach has three UEFA Champions League titles in his career. The first arrived in 2015 as coach of the Barcelonawhile the other two were achieved with PSG in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons.
The conquest also allowed him to equal the mark of Pep Guardiola and Zinédine Zidane, both with three titles in the highest continental competition. Only remains ahead of them Carlo Ancelotti, historical leader with five crowns, obtained between AC Milan and Accurate Madrid.
The 2025-26 season ended with a steadiness of five trophies for the Parisian club. In addition to the UEFA Champions League, PSG won Ligue 1, the European Super Cup, the French Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. The only competition that he failed to win was the French Cup.
Luis Enrique’s recent tour in Paris reflects a constant accumulation of successes. In the 2023-24 campaign they won the French league, cup and super cup, although they were eliminated in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. A year later they added the European title to their record and won four of the five tournaments played, with the exception of the Club World Cup, in which they lost 3-0 to Chelsea.
A suffered closing and a project that does not want to stop
After the victory over Arsenal, Luis Enrique highlighted the importance of achieving a second consecutive UEFA Champions League for an institution that had only won the competition for the first time a year before.
“I have only seen Madrid do this, I have no idea how it goes. The first was historic. The second is going to be more so. “Paris and PSG needed to be included in the group of the best teams and we no longer want to drop if we want to continue there, identifying ourselves with a way of playing that people like,” he told Movistar Plus.
The coach recognized the difficulties presented by the English team, which opened the scoring and forced PSG to row against the current.
“They started the game in the best way, with a bit of fortune, exactly what is decisive in the final, which is scoring the first goal. It has cost God and help, but in Paris we are in the prime and it comes in handy from time to time,” he commented.
Regarding the definition from as soon as meters, the coach refused to attribute the outcome to luck and He recalled an adverse experience in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with Spain.
“I lost the one in Morocco with Spain and they killed me for that. When you get to penalties it depends on the quality of the players. It’s not luck. The quality of the goalkeepers and then chance. A penalty shootout is not going to change Arsenal’s performance or ours,” he said.
Luis Enrique also praised the attitude of his players and assured that they keep their ambition intact for the future.
“I have to stop training these players. And they continue training. When someone enjoys what they do and it costs them nothing, it has no merit for me. It’s the other way around. I have to stop them from training. This team is going to compete next year for sure and the level will be very high. When you enjoy what you do, it costs nothing.”
The coach concluded by stating that both teams did well to win the title, although he especially valued the journey of his team throughout the campaign.
“But I think we deserve to win this final. Also, and I’m not going to lie, Arsenal deserved to win. But what we have done throughout the season is something remarkable and we are very happy“.
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