{"id":637713,"date":"2026-04-30T03:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/637713\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T03:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:15:09","slug":"paris-saint-germain-manager-luis-enrique-lauds-bayern-munich-intensity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/637713\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique lauds Bayern Munich intensity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bayern Munich are easily the strongest contender for this year\u2019s UEFA Champions League. Virtually everyone agrees that given Bayern\u2019s meteoric rise in Europe with the quality of football they\u2019re playing and the kinds of players they have, the UCL is inevitable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bayern may have lost the first leg of the semi-final against PSG, but it was evident that both the sides were equally matched. Objectively, as a game of football, it does not get more entertaining than two of the most ruthless attacking sides in Europe clashing in the semis. The game did not disappoint fans, and as it turns out, the coaches are not disappointed either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">PSG manager Luis Enrique shared his thoughts following the game. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen such an intensity and physical level. We have to congratulate everyone,\u201d he said, as captured by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/2049242985280282993\" rel=\"nofollow\">@iMiaSanMia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe deserved to win, we deserved to draw and we deserved to lose today. It was a fantastic game,\u201d he declared, emphasizing the close nature of the battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The second leg at the Allianz does provide a strong home advantage to Bayern, but one thing is for sure \u2014 it will not be easy. But knowing Bayern, they\u2019ll be prepared. Yet another night of thrilling football awaits us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If you are looking for more Bayern Munich and German national team coverage, check out the latest episodes of Bavarian Podcast Works, which you can get on <a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/bavarian-podcast-works1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Acast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5kHW7eDJSF2sGA1O6gKxvB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bavarian-podcast-works\/id1460036325\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>, or any leading podcast distributor\u2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich are easily the strongest contender for this year\u2019s UEFA Champions League. Virtually everyone agrees that given&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[67106,18635,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-637713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bayern-munich-coaches","tag-bayern-munich-champions-league","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}