Umtiti recalls Barcelona 6-1 Paris: Enrique was fully prepared before the game

November 16 News Recently, Umtiti accepted an interview with RMC. He described in detail Barcelona's 6-1 victory over Paris in the second leg of the 2017 Champions League round of 16.

Umtiti said: "Before the second round, Enrique told us that we will change our tactics and adopt a three-back formation. We have two games to practice, and he told us: 'Our backcourt will be one-on-one defense, I don't care.' We focus on different stages of the game. The drills were very clear."

Umtiti said of Enrique: "He has completely changed my view of football. I rarely see tactical training sessions like him."

"He was fully prepared for the second leg. He told us: 'They scored four goals for us and we can score six for them, don't worry.' He completely controlled our mentality, he was great. All the Barcelona players knew it was possible."

"On the day of the game, everyone Everyone is calm. Iniesta was very calm. He told us calmly in the dressing room: 'Guys, we know what to do. ' I thought: 'We conceded 4 goals in the first leg, but you are so calm!' This is the essence of top football."

" Li came up and pressed us, and the direction of the game was completely different. I remember Cavani wanted to press us from the beginning, but everyone said to him: 'Hey, don't do this! ' I thought they were going to press, but in the end, it made us enter the game better."

"If you put a little pressure on us and then score a goal, the game is over. Even if Cavani scores (in the 62nd minute), I don't think the game is over. Enrique said during the pre-match mobilization: 'Even if they score one goal, we can score one, two... …Don’t worry.’ His words impressed me, as if everything had been prepared. “If there had been VAR, the result might have been different, I don’t know, but it was the result of our own efforts. One of the few games, I felt like the whole stadium was boiling. It was incredible. After the game, the scene was absolutely crazy. I still remember Neymar saying before the game: ‘You wait and see, I will score twice.’ I felt like I was dreaming in that game!”