Find out what pleased our special envoys to the Parc des Princes after the PSG qualification in the Champions League final at the expense of Arsenal (2-1).
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Finally a Real and large football team in Paris
It was undoubtedly the year when PSG was the least expected to shine in the Champions League that it rises in the C1 final. This is also why we love football, this sport capable of thwarting all the forecasts and sweeping your certainties in a snap. Without Neymar, Messi and Mbappé, the capital’s club demonstrated, offering the scalp of all the Premier League (Manchester City, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Arsenal), that he had a better team and that stars did not necessarily win trophies. Players who run, fight, never let go, with the taste of effort in shoulder. Add to that great qualities in all lines and the explosive cocktail offered by Luis Enrique is scary all of Europe. Great art.
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Ruiz Red Version
This Fabian Ruiz there, he is terrible. For a long time, the 28 -year -old Spanish international environment presented two faces: brilliant in selection and dull in Paris. A player who could also worry about seeing Luis Enrique land on the banks of the Seine. The same Luis Enrique who had blacklisted him in selection and forgot to check his name for the 2022 World Cup. The Asturian technician was publicly apologized. A “error». We understand why by seeing said Ruiz evolving at the level where he evolved again on Wednesday evening. All in intelligence, vista, serenity. And this goal which did so much in Paris in the first period, against the course of the game. A magical goal, a jewel. His very first in the Champions League. To say that the moment is well chosen is the euphemism …
Donnarumma, again and again
Man of the match in Liverpool. Best Parisian player in Birmingham. Man of the match at the Emirates Stadium. Again man of the match against Arsenal on Wednesday. If PSG is in the Champions League final, it is largely thanks to Gigio Donnarumma. Two XXL parades at the start of the game. Muscular outings. The Italian international porter was still strong against the Gunners on Wednesday evening. Decisive, as it is now his standard in C1.
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Magnificent tifo, park of princes in blue-white-red … Superb atmosphere in the stands before PSG-Arsenal
Total communion in a fire park
At the final whistle, Luis Enrique is quickly surrounded by all his staff who jumps on him, kisses her and no longer lets him breathe. A little further on the field, the Parisians exult in choir and all congratulate themselves in a park of the princes entered in eruption. The firecrackers sound, the smoke bombs illuminate the Auteuil gallery and the 48,000 spectators are standing, smile on his lips, flag (or portable) in hand, aware of living an exceptional moment. An out of time sequence that testifies to a historic evening. Not every day that we celebrate a qualification in the Champions League final. Grand.
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Arteta Bad Player
When he presented himself at a press conference, Mikel Arteta delivered his first words by congratulating the Paris-SG of his qualification in the final. Beautiful player. However, he especially repeated that the best player of the double confrontation in the semi-finals was Donnarumma (without quoting him) and that it meant above all said that his team had had a lot of opportunities. It is not totally false, but not totally true either. “”The best team has lost“, He blown before leaving the auditorium of the Parc des Princes. Real belief or lack of perspective? Paris deserves its qualifying ‘and was better in 180 minutes against Arsenal. Only Arteta does not seem to have seen it.
Overflows that tarnish the party
Three people struck by a car, burned cars, confrontation with the police, several arrests … overflows were noted in the streets of Paris last night, on the sidelines of the qualification of PSG for the C1 final. The kind of thing that gives grain to grumpy to the grumpy and that tarnish the party …
Start of the match (totally) missed
We were waiting for an offensive, domineering, radiant PSG. We have seen a jostled PSG, often deprived of ball and forced to operate in the counter. Fortunately, the football gods were Parisians on Wednesday evening. And Gigio Donnarumma too … One thing is certain: Paris missed her start of the match as much on Wednesday that Arsenal had missed his last week, on the outward journey. 15 minutes in hell and which could have cost dear. Fortunately for the Parisian people, it was nothing.
