Paris St. Germain, showdown after the fool of Madrid

The furious sheikh with the referee and poison dressing room

the case

Paris

Kicked out of the Champions League, for the umpteenth time. Paris Saint-Germain is financially a bottomless pit for Qatar Sports Investments, an emirate, which has controlled it since 2011, but precisely for the 1405 million euros invested since then and the aces involved, on paper it should win everything. . In the end, however, apart from the national titles (in a championship, the French one, at times tired and boring), he has ensured only zero successes at European level in the last ten years. On Wednesday he was wrecked against Real Madrid, in an irrational evening. Which yesterday gave way to Paris for the usual controversies about a team of too many champions, who don’t know how to play together. A club of stars, which never light up.

Many found themselves in the dock, first of all Gianluigi Donnarumma, who had also been chosen as the goalkeeper for that important evening, at the expense of Keylor Navas. But a wrong relaunch by Gigio opened the way for Benzema’s goal and gave way to the overwhelming comeback of Real signed, ironically, by the French center forward, never too much loved at home. For L’Équipe “Donnarumma was the PSG gravedigger, with a gross error, who reopened the game”. How can we forget the mistake made by another Italian goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon, in March 2019, in the PSG match against Manchester United. Even in that case, the Parisians had to abandon the Champions League

In Madrid, however, even the other champions were unable to react after Real’s first goal, including Lionel Messi. The PSG coach, the Argentine Mauricio Pochettino, defended himself by appealing to Benzema’s alleged foul on Donnarumma, “an arbitration error that is a foul and has changed everything”. Few, however, share his opinion. Pochettino’s contract runs until June 2023, but could be terminated at the end of this season. Meanwhile, rumors are circulating about strong tensions in the locker room after the match.

Donnarumma and Neymar would have almost come to blows, but the Brazilian, yesterday, on Instagram, assured that “nothing happened of what was written”. As for Nasser Al-Khelaifi, owner of PSG, he made his voice heard by verbally attacking the referees for Benzema’s alleged foul. Conduct already finished in the report delivered to UEFA, which immediately opened a file. Only Kylian Mbappé was “promoted”, even by the team, but, on Wednesday evening, he appeared too lonely. After the game we saw about fifteen minutes with Benzema, his teammate in the French national team. The rumors of his transfer to Madrid next season are more and more pressing. Maybe the flop last night comforted him in the idea. –