people's minds. Luis Enrique standing
with his hands on his hips, his little daughter Jana by his side, the red-blue-yellow flag of Barcelona in his hands. The father's broad smile reflected a mixture of pride and joy.
Champions League - Enrique
Ten years later, Enrique was seen in a different form—in the PSG dugout. He raised his hands in joy as the final whistle blew at the Allianz Arena in Munich. Because just moments earlier, his team had made history—Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) had won the UEFA Champions League for the first time by thrashing Inter Milan 5-0.
This victory is not just a football statistic, but the fulfillment of a silent emotion built around a father's lost daughter.
The photo from 2015 where Jana planted the Barca flag on the pitch seems to have returned in a new form today. Jana, who died of bone cancer in 2019 at the age of 9 and never returned to the country, is no longer there, but his memory lives on in Enrique and his every success.
"I remember an incredible photo of him with me after winning the Champions League in Berlin. The photo of him waving the Barcelona flag on the pitch. Hopefully, I can do the same with PSG," Enrique told Spanish daily Marca in an interview that January.
Strangely enough, that was true.
At the end of the match, Enrique was wearing a black T-shirt from the 'Jana Foundation', with a sketch showing the father and daughter burying the PSG flag across their chest. And a huge tifo floated up in the gallery, showing Enrique and his late daughter Jana - the father burying the flag on the field, with 8-year-old Jana standing next to him, wearing the PSG number 8 jersey.
Enrique couldn't hold back his emotions in the mixed zone after seeing this tifo, "It feels great. The banner that the fans made for my family is very emotional. But I always think about my daughter."
Then he said something that would
touch every father's heart, "I don't need to win the Champions League to remember my daughter. She is always with us, especially when we lose."
Whether Jana was there at the time of the victory or not, no one knows. But he was there in Enrique's eyes and mind. Maybe that's why PSG made history with the coach's hand. And that history will be written as a silent but dark chapter of the love between a father and a lost daughter.