PSG win Champions League: Luis Enrique ’emotional’ after supporters unveil banner in tribute to late daughter

Luis Enrique felt “emotional” after he had seen Paris Saint-Germain supporters tribute to his deceased daughter, Xana, during the celebrations of their Champions League final victory.

Xana died at the age of nine in 2019, a few months after she was established a rare form of bone cancer.

Xana had celebrated with her father when he led Barcelona to the Champions League in 2015 and wore a huge Barcelona flag on the field in Berlin.

Before this final, Luis Enrique revealed that he had thought of the potential festivals and visualizing the planting of a Paris Saint-Germain flag on the field in Munich as a tribute to Xana.

After seeing his team Inter Milan 5-0, the PSG fans answered the call of their manager and revealed a huge Tifo in the stadium with his deceased daughter.

He said: “I am very happy. In the end it was very emotional with the fans' banner for my family. But I always think of my daughter.

“It means a lot. It is so much fun, but I don't have to win the Champions League to remember my daughter.

“My daughter is always with us, especially when we lost.

“With my family, enjoy everything and try to get the positive points, even at the bad moments.

“I tried to keep the pressure down for a club that had never won the competition. Inter is a great side, but we were fantastic in our penetration. Every player improved this season and the team too.

“We have prepared very well to be this game at that level. The team was excellent; we printed with high intensity. Ousmane Dembele constantly pressed their defenders and keepers under pressure.

“Since the first day I said that I wanted to win important trophies and Paris had never won the Champions League. We did it for the first time. It is a great feeling to make many people happy.”

'Champions League winning means everything'

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“It means everything.

“The fans are the main reason why we wanted to win this trophy, but we wanted it for many reasons.

“It's our dream, it's my dream and I'm glad we made it.

“The victory says a lot about this group of players. It is a very good team and the result is not of magic.

“Now we are going to celebrate.”

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