PSG boss Luis Enrique warns players need to compete out of their 'comfort zone'

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]PSG[/a] coach took off both [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]Ousmane Dembele[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kvaratskhelia-khvicha/bNuGt0hE/"]‌Khvicha Kvaratskhelia[/a] at half-time of their opening game of the new Ligue 1 season, ‌bringing on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/godts-mika/CIrbY1Ml/"]Mika Godts[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/torres-ferran/AVAVLaLt/"]Ferran Torres[/a], who scored twice ‌to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/psg-CjhkPw0k/rennes-d2nnj1IE/?mid=p2AX2W4D"]salvage a point[/a] at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rennes/d2nnj1IE/"]Stade Rennais[/a] on Sunday.[/p][p][b]"Football is like that. ‌Paris Saint-Germain have won nothing, nothing,"[/b] he said of the new ‌season where they defend not only their Ligue 1 title but chase a third successive Champions League victory.[/p][p][b]"If you think about what you've won, you're not ‌going to win anything! There is no credit. ⁠You have to show every ‌day, every match, every training session, that you're ready. Otherwise, it's easy to ​relax and start slipping.[/b][/p][p][b]"I wasn't brought up that way. We are always looking to win, and to keep winning, you ​have to step outside your comfort zone. Is that clear?"[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="75f66172-c0dc-4287-8c82-dc6b8e40274d" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="744bd170-3bc8-45d5-9410-0095212098b6" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]PSG, who won the European Super Cup this month but lost the French ⁠version to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]Racing Lens[/a], ​played a sluggish first half at Rennes and were 2-0 down at the break.[/p][p]But new Spanish signing Ferran Torres, who netted the winner in last month's World Cup final, came on for Dembele and scored ‌twice to ensure a point for the Parisians.[/p][p][b]"He wasn't bad, was he? He scored two goals, but I'm happy with everyone who came on in a very difficult match because we had a lot of trouble controlling Rennes in the first half," [/b]Luis Enrique said.[/p][p][b]"They were good on the counter-attack and scored two wonderful goals. It was complicated, but it's important for me to see that so many players are ready.[/b][/p][embed guid="7a9583b5-a556-4c34-8bcd-94c5afd565c7" url="https://x.com/PSG_English/status/2091632450237604161" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"We sign players to go on a long journey ‌with them. It's very positive for him and we're very happy,"[/b] ​he said of Ferran Torres' debut.[/p][p]"We're always looking to find ‌the best players for every match. Places in the team will be more difficult to get than last year, and that's our ambition.[/p][p][b]"I think we had a very good transfer window, and we're still open to different possibilities. Everyone knows how difficult it ⁠is for a team to ⁠keep winning. And clearly, ‌we still need to improve."[/b][/p][infobox id="fdf30c7d-dae1-4aa9-a0fc-da9a5ca820f7" /]