PSG boss confronts Micah Richards over awkward CBS Sports remark - 'I'm not happy with you'

Micah Richards has revealed that Luis Enrique was near unhappy with him during past season's Champions League erstwhile the pundit favoured Barcelona to bushed his PSG broadside successful the quarter-finals

Micah Richards has explained however Luis Enrique was near unhappy with him for comments made astir PSG connected CBS Sports.

Richards and Gary Lineker were speaking connected an occurrence of The Rest Is Football astir however Enrique has moulded his broadside since the departure of Lionel Messi and Neymar, erstwhile Richards confessed: "I deliberation he's conscionable astir speaking to me, due to the fact that connected CBS we person thing called 'the bracket'. So erstwhile you get into the past 8 you've got to prime who's going to spell through.

"And PSG, past season, had idiosyncratic tough, and I conscionable was like, 'I conscionable don't fancy PSG'. But helium watches the show, CBS, helium watches the clips. So connected the show, helium goes, 'I'm not precise blessed with you, Micah'. I was like, 'Why?! What's wrong?'. 'You said you were going to spell out'.

"I was like, 'Oh my God!'." Never 1 to miss a bushed successful presumption of adding comedic worth to immoderate situation, Lineker, straight-faced, responded: "I'll accidental 1 happening though connected your behalf, Micah, astatine slightest helium knew who you were," earlier Richards erupted with laughter earlier adding: "Hey, successful the Champions League I'm known. I'm a antithetic beast."

PSG had Barcelona successful the quarter-finals of the 2023/24 Champions League tournament, which was played implicit 2 legs. The Spanish titans bushed the Ligue 1 outfit 3-2 astatine the Parc des Princes, but PSG shocked the world by turning implicit Barcelona 4-1 astatine the Camp Nou successful the reverse fixture to advancement to the semis.

Unfortunately, the side's Champions League run ended there, erstwhile they were beaten 1-0 successful each of the legs by Borussia Dortmund - who were in-turn bested 2-0 by Real Madrid successful the last of the competition. PSG finished 15th successful the Champions League's caller league format aft 8 games, picking up 4 wins, 1 gully and 3 losses.

A 4-1 triumph implicit VfB Stuttgart connected Wednesday distant from location saw them suffice to the knockout signifier playoffs, which volition beryllium played crossed the 11th, 12, 18th and 19th of February. There they volition anticipation to advancement to the circular of 16 and proceed their hunt for their first-ever Champions League title.

The French outfit volition look Ligue 1 rivals Monaco oregon Brest successful the playoffs, with the gully to determine their destiny landing astatine 12pm connected Friday. And if they are palmy successful their clash, they volition spell connected to look either Liverpool oregon Barcelona successful the circular of 16.

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