Luis Enrique dedicates the victory of his dead daughter

It is the saddest and most touching story of this Champions League final: When everything seemed over and the PSG stars with the trophy came to their fans in the curvethe Paris Ultras unrolled a banner that showed her coach Luis Enrique together with his daughter Xana, who died in 2019 at the age of nine. The Spanish coach places a corner flag in the Parisian colors in the lawn. Xana, who wears a PSG jersey, watches her father. It is the replica of an iconic photo from 2015. At that time Luis Enrique won with his then club FC Barcelona Die Champions League in Berlin – and celebrated success with his little daughter in this way. Little Xana died of bone cancer four years later.

Her death was a shock for Enrique and his family. In order to be there for his daughter, who was seriously ill at the time, he had put his office as a Spanish national coach in the meantime, a few months after her death he took over the team again. Luis Enrique devoted the success to his daughter on Saturday evening. After the game, he was enough for a black T-shirt, in which the ten-year-old picture is also reproduced, this time in comic style. « We are the champions » can be read on it, and again Luis Enrique swings the flag and is admired by little Xana.

At the press conference, Luis Enrique is fighting with the emotions

The action of the Paris fans moved the often gnarled Spaniard to tears. Even in the run -up to the game, he had emphasized how important the memory of his daughter for his wife and the two children is still: « We speak of her every day, remember her and laugh. Because I am convinced that Xana continues to see us. My daughter will no longer be physically there, but it is very important to me. »

At the press conference after the 5: 0 (2: 0) against Inter Milan, the 55-year-old visibly fought with his emotions when he was asked about the Banner of PSG fans: « It was very emotional. It was very nice to see that the fans support my family and me. I don’t have to gain a champions of League or a game to think. She is always with us and supports us as well Family. » He always feels her presence, even when his team loses. « It is about standing together, after everything we went through together and see the positive in the black days of life. »