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The Athletic FC Podcast

Why Luis Enrique is PSG's biggest star

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

World Cup, Premier League, Soccer,, Champions League, Sports

4.01.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Paris Saint-Germain are through to a second successive Champions League final.


Luis Enrique will be aiming to win his third European Cup as a manager.


So, is he PSG’s biggest star?


Host: Ayo Akinwolere

With: Seb Stafford-Bloor and Tom Williams

Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead

Producers: Guy Clarke and Paul Iliffe


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0:00.0

The Athletic FC

0:03.1

Welcome to the Athletic FFC

0:06.3

podcast with me, Ayo Akim Walere.

0:09.3

Paris San Jemam

0:10.2

Althruccii their second successive

0:12.2

Champions League final.

0:14.3

Luis Enrique will be aiming to win

0:16.1

his third European Cup as a manager.

0:19.2

So is he PSG's biggest star?

0:25.3

Okay, joining us for this one from The Athletic.

0:28.6

We have our German football correspondent, Seb Stafford Bloor, who was at the

0:32.8

Allianz Arena for us last night, and also Tom Williams, author of of Vavam, the modern history of French football.

0:40.0

All right, after last week's 5-4 thriller in Paris, a one-all draw in Munich sends Paris San

0:46.0

Jaman to Budapest to face Arsenal in the Champions League final.

0:50.7

Seb, after that first round match, I was expecting a lot of spice, not so spicy, but perhaps

0:56.8

a bit more incident in a different way. Yeah, certainly a really engaging game, I. There was a lot

1:02.4

of acrimony, certainly at full time. During the game two, a lot of the Munich supporters were

1:07.8

pretty unhappy with the stand of the refereeing and, uh, some of the

1:11.6

contentious decisions. This was really engaging though. I really, I didn't enjoy the game. I was hoping for

1:16.4

for Bayern to make it through to Budapest. I was so, so impressed with what PSG were able to do without

1:21.5

the ball though, especially in their own defensive third. They really, really limited buying's

1:25.9

chance to creation in a way that I haven't seen

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