Luis Enrique's way: one half from commentator's box, the other from sidelines

Crazy until proven genius.

That's the line we often hear, but in Luis Enrique's case, you can have it both ways: crazy and genius. Few believed Paris Saint-Germain could turn into such a ruthless force in European football, yet the Spanish chemist has been mixing his test tubes and built a team that looks like it was cloned from the same DNA.

And just when you thought you'd seen it all, the mad genius rolled out another experiment - a pilot run against Lens on Sunday night.

Most people didn't even notice it at first (including us): Luis Enrique wasn't on the bench in the first half! Instead, he was perched in the commentators' booth. Not because of the broken collarbone he suffered in a recent cycling accident, but because he wanted to "borrow" an idea from other sports.

"I saw rugby coaches doing it and thought I'd give it a try. I liked the perspective. I can control everything," the Spaniard explained after the match.

And it worked - not spectacularly, though, as PSG hardly dazzled, but Bradley Barcola's individual brilliance was enough to secure a 2-0 win. More importantly, Luis Enrique insists this won't be a one-off. For him, the bird's-eye view is pure gold.

"It's an interesting option I'll use again. From up there, I gather information much more easily than from the touchline. I get a clear picture of whether we're compact, who's performing, who isn't. Then I can transmit what I've seen to the players."

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Back in 2013-14, while coaching Celta Vigo, he asked the club to build him a scaffold so he could watch training sessions from a height, studying movement and shape from above. The result? A ninth-place finish, and an invitation to sit in Barcelona's dugout.

Once again, Luis Enrique proves he's not afraid to look mad in the pursuit of genius.