Luis Enrique came down hard on one of his stars before Paris Saint-Germain's clash with Rennes on Sunday evening, in the opening round of the French league.
PSG were trailing 2-0 before new signing Ferran Torres came off the bench at the start of the second half and struck twice to snatch a precious draw for the Parisian side.
No one is above the team. Enrique made that clear against Rennes, hauling off Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at half-time before rescuing a point.
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His squad list for this match sparked wide controversy, though, after the Spanish manager left out the young player Senny Mayulu.
Mayulu's absence was glaring. The 20-year-old, who featured against Lens in the French Super Cup and Aston Villa in the European Super Cup, was neither injured nor ill.
According to the "Foot Mercato" network, citing the newspaper "L'Équipe", Mayulu paid the price for a week of training sessions deemed to be of lower quality than those of his teammates.