Why Luis Enrique is PSG's biggest star

Tom Williams· Guest0:00

[gentle music] The Athletic FC.

Ayo Akinwolere· Host0:03

Welcome to The Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Akinwolere. [upbeat music] Paris Saint-Germain are through to their second successive Champions League final. Luis Enrique will be aiming to win his third European cup as a manager. So is he PSG's biggest star? [upbeat music] Okay, joining us for this one from The Athletic, we have our German football correspondent, Seb Stafford-Bloor, who was at the Allianz Arena for us last night, and also Tom Williams, author of Va Va Voom: The Modern History of French Football. All right, after last week's 5-4 thriller in Paris, a one-all draw in Munich sends Paris Saint-Germain to Budapest to face Arsenal in the Champions League final. Seb, after that first round match, I was expecting a lot of spice. Not so spicy, but perhaps a bit more incident in a different way.

Seb Stafford-Bloor· Guest0:58

Yeah, certainly a really engaging game, Ayo. There was, uh, a lot of acrimony, uh, certainly at full time. During the game too, uh, a lot of the Munich supporters were, uh, were pretty unhappy with the standard of the refereeing and, uh, some of the contentious decisions. This was really engaging, though. I really... I, I didn't enjoy the game. I was hoping for, for Bayern to make it through to Budapest. I was so, so impressed with what PSG were able to do without the ball, though. Especially in their own defensive third, they really, really limited Bayern's chance creation in a way that I haven't seen any team do for a really, really long