Zaïre Emery as Right-Back: Luis Enrique Explains His Weird New Role

No Hakimi, no Mukiele during Lille-PSG: Luis Enrique positioned Warren Zaïre Emery in the right-wing.

Warren Zaïre Emery, Luis Enrique’s new Swiss army knife. In the match against Lille, the young PSG player played in a hybrid role on the right flank. He acted as a full-back during defensive phases and transitioned into a midfield role when PSG was on the attack.

« We managed to do what I wanted. That is, to have a player in the center with a lot of quality when we had the ball, to provide support and constantly change positions with Vitinha. This allowed us to generate superiority situations against a Lille team that defends very well, » explained Luis Enrique.

« In those situations, we were able to exploit spaces. And I believe it worked very well. I was very pleased with the match for 80 minutes. When he (Zaïre-Emery) didn’t have the ball, he had to fulfill the role of a right-back, » confirmed Luis Enrique in a press conference, also stating that he saw « the best defensive performance of the season. »