Botafogo insured the shock result of the club World Cup so far at night when they defeated reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain and Luis Enrique, then expressed
Luis Enrique has suggested that Botafogo defended the best on every side with which they have confronted this season – including Arsenal. The Brazilian side ensured the striking result of the World Cup club so far at night when they ruled that the European champions ruled Paris Saint-Germain.
Igor Jesus – who seems to sign this summer for the Gunners' Premier League Rivals Nottingham Forest – scored the only goal of the match to win. But it was an avid defensive version of Botafogo who saw them claim the victory.
They only had four shots on PSG's 16 during the game and after the full -time whistle, Baas Enrique claimed that their defensive performance was the best the French giants had encountered all year round.
He said: “Botafogo was the team that best defended us throughout the season, of course in our competition and in the Champions League. They made a low block from the beginning and were very efficient, united. We didn't generate as many opportunities as usual.
“We are used to playing against deep blocks, but it is very difficult. Congratulations to them. We were very good in terms of attitude. The result should not delete everything. We have to look at what we have done well and what we can improve.”
This season PSG took a number of Premier League parties in the Champions League, including Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa. Both the side of the Gunners and the side of Arne Slot held clean sheets against the French Kant-Arsenal won their group stage meeting at the Emirates 2-0, while Liverpool won 1-0 in their last 16 meeting in the Parc des Princes.
Ironically, Botafogo owner John Textor claimed that his party had emulated some of their Premier League agents to guarantee their shock views. He said: “PSG is the best team in the world. And they were probably the best team tonight.
“But we played with heart and maybe we wanted more tonight. It is a privilege for us to play against them in this format. To show that Brazilian teams can play football. We played today as an English team.”
Textor was actually the core of a brutal Jibe from Botafogo after their victory. The Brazilian side shared an image of Textor that wore a cowboy hat on social media with the caption: “The American dream. We think the cowboy has won …”
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It referred to a row he had with PSG owner Nasser al-Khelaifi over Ligue 1 Streaming Rights Deal, the Qatari who labels his opposite number as a 'cowboy'. But Textor says he doesn't have bad blood.
He said: “Nasser has done a number of very important things. The unity we have is not fake. There is a crisis in French football and it is important to be together. He is a man with a great knowledge of the game, in France and around it.
“He has a good sense of humor, he liked my cowboy hat. I said to him:” In real life I never wear a cowboy hat. “Now we are together for the well -being of French football and we have to be so.”
Textor added: “I didn't play against Nasser tonight. I was sitting on a chair, I was not on the field. Nasser was sitting on a chair next to me and he was not on the field. Our Botafogo team beat that team, but I did not defeat Nasser and Nasser was not trying to defeat.”