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Luis Enrique Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) coach shared the victory ceremony with his daughter Sana who went to heaven.
PSG, led by head coach Enrique, defeated Inter Milan 5-0 in the European Champions League final at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 1st (Korea time), marking the first championship in club history.
Ahead of the final, Enrique said he would play in the final with his daughter Sana, who died of osteosarcoma cancer at the age of nine in 2019. Sana, a five-year-old daughter, was present at the scene where she defeated Juventus 3-1 to lift the Champions Cup as Barcelona manager in 2015. They put the Barcelona flag on the ground and shared the victory ceremony. Enrique made it clear that he would put up the PSG flag and kept his promise.
In the final against Inter Milan, PSG fans lifted placards with pictures of Sana in the stands, and shortly after confirming an unprecedented and overwhelming clean sheet victory, Enrique changed his black T-shirt with his image of himself with a PSG flag in a cartoon with his daughter. Underneath the cartoon was the inscription 'We Are the Champions'. She joined her daughter in heaven to win the Championship for the first time in 10 years.
Ahead of the final, Enrique said "I have a lot of amazing memories because my daughter loved the party. I'm sure she'll still be having a party, wherever she is."
"I remember the amazing picture I took with my daughter who had a Barcelona flag on the field after winning the Champions League final in Berlin. I hope I can do the same with PSG. My daughter won't be there. I'll be there mentally even if I'm not physically there and that's what's so important to me. I want to share this with my family while continuing to move forward as motivated by life."
Regarding the ceremony in which PSG fans paid tribute to Sana with a large banner showing Enrique and Sana wearing PSG uniforms and putting flags in the stands, Enrique said, `I'm very touched. It's so beautiful that the fans remembered this. "But when you win, you don't only think of your daughter when you win. Sana is always there and always supporting my family"I feel Sana even when we lose." We find the positives in all the negatives."
Director Enrique looked back on the touching competition he had with his mother after his daughter Sana died in a documentary released last year. "My mother said, 'Why don't you have a picture of Sana when I come home?You didn't see a picture of Sana until you asked '. I have to hang a picture of Sana to my mother. 'Sana is alive, physically, but spiritually. Because we talk about her every day, laugh and remember her. Sana is still looking at us."
After his separation from Sana, Enrique and his foundation established the 'Sana Foundation' to help families of children suffering from incurable diseases. Enrique said "Am I lucky or unlucky. I think I'm a lucky person. I'm a very lucky person. My daughter has lived with us for 9 years and is always with thousands of memories and amazing things about her."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
