“If I could, tomorrow I would remove all the seats from the Parc des Princes.”
It was an unusual morning at the new Poissy training center.. He PSG Tomorrow it will be played against Dortmund from 21:00 be your second Champions Final throughout its history after the bitter memories of losing the final to Bayern in 2020. Today specific players took to the field, and among them Nasser al-Khelaifi himself and sports advisor Luis Campos, a sign that there is a lot at stake. The PSG president was with the players and then spoke to some media. among which was MARKAhours before a crucial comeback that will see their team overcome a 1-0 deficit in the first leg. The club is looking forward to a magical night at the Parc des Princes. which will burst at the seams and whose fans have been mobilizing for days to prepare the cauldron for Dortmund.
Al-Khelaifi looks calm. He’s already had big events, but he admits that if you ask him, he’ll tell you that tomorrow’s game will be the most important since he landed in Paris. He is superstitious, although he does not reveal the details of his delusions before a match of this caliber. “I am, but not with the team. We’ll play in blue, not white, although we won the last games in white,” recalls the leader, who felt the positive atmosphere of the group in the previous hours.
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“The players are focused, confident, but not too confident. Overconfidence is not good. This is the Champions League, the semi-finals, you don’t need to trust yourself.. We must not forget that this is a very young team, the youngest in the semi-finals of the Champions League,” the president adds, emphasizing the change in focus of the project. “We built something for the future, not everything will be tomorrow.” And I am proud of that. I know that in the Champions League semi-final it’s all about the details. “Every detail is important.”
Al Khelaifi believes everything has changed this season. In the organization and in Luis Enrique’s group, they see that everyone is rowing in the same direction more than ever. “We are happy to play in front of our fans. They will be our 12th player. “If it were up to me, tomorrow I would clean all the places in the Parc des Princes so that the atmosphere would be exceptional.”
Whatever happens, the PSG president appreciates the journey so far: “It’s also important to highlight everything the team did to get here. This is also due to the fact that the fans are now happy with the team. Everything was done.” great job. Tomorrow we will represent PSG, Paris Saint-Germain, France and all our fans around the world.”.
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The fans are mobilized: work during the day, fans at night.
PSG is preparing a special reception for the team tomorrow at 21:00. Fans, ranging from 50 to 220 subscribers, prepared special tifos for the time after the semi-final in Barcelona. with special shifts in the Parque de los Principe and another in the gym Aulnay-sous-Boisin the northeast of Paris, near the airport Charles de Gaulle, where special tarpaulins are prepared even during night shifts from 19:00 to 5:00. 47 different PSG fan clubs will be represented, including PSG supports clubs from Germany, Italy, London, New York, Seattle, Chicago, Houston, Vancouver, Montreal, Madrid, Lisbon, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.