After Knocking Out Arsenal, Villa, Liverpool, and Man City, PSG’s Boss Mocks Ligue 1 Critics on Road to UCL Final
With a triumphant grin, Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique reclaimed the “farmers league” insult as a badge of honor after his team dismantled English football’s elite to reach the Champions League final.
The Spanish coach couldn’t resist the playful jab when reminded that PSG had just eliminated their fourth Premier League opponent this season. “The league of farmers, no? We are the league of farmers!” he told TNT Sports, turning the long-standing dig about Ligue 1’s perceived weakness into a moment of vindication.
PSG’s 2-1 victory over Arsenal at the Parc des Princes sealed a 3-1 aggregate win, completing a remarkable English knockout sequence that saw them dispatch Manchester City, Liverpool, and Aston Villa along the way. Now, only Inter Milan stand between them and the club’s first-ever Champions League crown.
“It’s beautiful,” Enrique reflected. “People can call our league what they want, but we’ve just beaten the best England had to offer. Our young team plays with courage, with identity – and now we’re 90 minutes from immortality.”
The comment cuts deep in football’s culture wars. For years, critics have dismissed France’s top division as a one-team “farmers’ league” where PSG face little real competition. Yet Enrique’s men have proven themselves against the Premier League’s toughest – outlasting Arsenal in a tense semi-final despite the Gunners’ superior possession and chances.
With the Ligue 1 title already secured and a Coupe de France final against Reims to come, PSG are hunting a historic treble. But the ultimate prize remains that elusive Champions League trophy – the one that slipped away in their only previous final appearance against Bayern Munich in 2020.
As for the “farmers league” taunt? After this European campaign, it may be time to retire it for good. “Let them keep talking,” Enrique seemed to say with his trademark smirk. The scoreboard – and the road to Munich – tells a different story.
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