Nasser Al-Khelaifi: I Will Not Dismiss Enrique

Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of the French club Paris Saint-Germain, considered that his team bid farewell to the semi-finals of the Champions League this season, with a back-and-forth loss with the same score (1-0) against Borussia Dortmund, a result that does not reflect at all what happened in both matches. Nasser Al-Khelaifi blamed the bad luck that haunted his team over the two-legged matches, as the crossbar and post blocked 6 goals from his players, while Dortmund scored from a counterattack last week, and returned to score from a free kick this week! The Qatari businessman also rejected any negative talk about Spanish coach Luis Enrique, given that he gave everything he could with the younger team in the Champions League this season, pointing out that those who are waiting for his dismissal “do not understand football.” Nasser Al-Khelaifi said in press statements, "We are extremely sad, frustrated. The last minutes of the match were full of opportunities, but this is football." He explained, "We had 4 balls on the crossbar and the post, and during the first leg the ball hit the post twice. Sometimes football doesn't do you justice. I think we deserved better, but congratulations to Dortmund, they also deserved it in both matches." He added, "I want to thank the players for giving everything, the coach and the technical staff. I'm sorry for them. Our goal really was to qualify for the final and even more than that, but we are proud that we have the youngest team in Europe. We have reached the semi-finals 3 times in 5 years." Our ambition does not stop there, we must continue working.” Nasser Al-Khelaifi repeated his talk about bad luck, telling reporters in the mixed area of ​​the Parc des Princes stadium: “Luck... luck... 4 balls on the crossbar? I’ve never seen that before, what can you say?” He continued, "Next season? We are building something for the future. We want to continue searching for achieving our goal. We have the smallest European team, as I said, and the future belongs to us." Nasser Al-Khelaifi was clearly angry when he was asked about the future of coach Luis Enrique, as he replied, “What is this question? Honestly, do you understand football?”