Last Saturday, Luis Enrique had a surprise in store for him. Facing Racing Club de Lens, during the tenth day of Ligue 1, the Paris Saint-Germain coach chose to start Matvey Safonov. In a post-match press conference, the Spanish technician gave the reasons for the Russian's tenure to the detriment of the Italian. “I knew the difficulty we were going to encounter against the Lens pressure: very high pressure, one-on-one, with the goalkeeper as the only free player”explained the former coach of La Roja.