After a most epic campaign, Paris Saint-Germain have finally won the last title missing from their trophy cabinet: the Champions League. A goal that has been announced and repeated since the club’s takeover in 2011, PSG went through all kinds of trials and tribulations before achieving the ultimate liberation, that of a job well done. It’s been a long, almost interminable process for some, and a difficult one at that, but what a deliverance! And to achieve this, the team coached by Luis Enrique relied on a sense of teamwork rarely if ever seen at PSG before, as one of the Parisian heroes, 28-year-old striker Ousmane Dembélé, pointed out to France TV.
You’ve said it all. Individual titles are all very well, but the most important thing is the collective. It was thanks to the collective that we won our first Champions League. It’s thanks to that that we’ll go on and on, every season, to win as many titles as possible.”
Supporting PSG is a sometimes painful pleasure that takes you on a rollercoaster ride, as exciting as it is terrifying. After years of wandering, where joys followed sorrows, the Parisian club has finally overcome all its fears to transmit nothing but positive energy, whether on the pitch or behind the screens. This new-found pleasure is due first and foremost to Luis Enrique, who has instilled in all his players the desire to work hard for each other.
The collective spirit that drives this team today is the tireless engine that pushes forward like a steamroller, no matter how difficult the opposition. Individuals are no longer there for themselves, they are there for each other, and these efforts put together have made the enormous difference between this successful campaign and all previous ones.
Gone were those who refused to listen to the Asturian’s logical and devilishly effective discourse, replaced by those who listened attentively. And what a collective display it was.
Over the course of the season, PSG have gone from strength to strength, culminating in an anthological climax in the final against Inter Milan, with their players transformed. From Ruiz to Doué, via Pacho and Kvaratskhelia, all the lines played the same collective score at the tempo proposed by Enrique, like a well-oiled orchestra.
And yet, in the end, it was only the grand premiere of the Paris show. With the youngest squad in the Champions League finals, PSG sent out an even stronger message: “the serious business has only just begun”. President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi made this point abundantly clear.
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