PSG will be on known ground on Wednesday, against Aston Villa. The capital's club will indeed compete on this occasion the ninth quarter -final of C1 in its history. And the red and blue did not wait for the arrival of QSI to spawn in the big world. Because if the adventure had turned short in 1986 for their first appearance in the Cup of Champions Clubs, PSG being eliminated in the first round, the Parisians had chained the exploits in 1995.
After having signed a flawless in the group stage, notably with two prestigious successes against Bayern Munich, PSG had thus eliminated Barça in the quarterfinals. Author of a good draw at Camp Nou (1-1), the defending champions of France won 2-1 on the return from the Parc des Princes. Despite no less than four posts in the first period – Weah (5th), Ginola (32nd, 41st) and Raï (39th) – and the opening of the Bakero score shortly after the return of the locker room, Luis Fernandez's men overthrow the situation thanks to Raï then Vincent Guérin, hero of qualification thanks to a strike of twenty meters which comes to finish at the right post.
Vincent Guérin was the hero of the first quarter -final of C1 disputed by PSG.
Landed at PSG in the summer of 1992, the midfielder took a new dimension in the capital. At the bridge to be regularly called in the French team (19 selections), playing in particular the Euro 1996, and to be on the tablets of several European cadors. But its rear jostled in October 1997 when it was declared positive at the Nandrolone and was inflicted a suspension of 18 months including 6 months firm by the FFF appeal commission.
Vincent Guérin suspended for doping
Three years of legal battle will follow. Because if the Administrative Court of Versailles turns it on for vice of form, the Council of State cancels this decision. “The problem with the Council of State is that it considers that from the moment when there are doping substances in the body, it is necessary to sanction. Without understanding ”, The former Montpellier is indignant, adding: “It is obvious that this case tarnished my end of career. As for the product, it has been known for a long time. You would really have to be stupid to use it while it is easily detectable. »»
In the wake of his positive Nandrolone test, Vincent Guérin will submit to a new urinary test carried out in the Laboratory approved CIO in Lausanne and a hair test, considered the most reliable concerning the search for toxic substances. Two tests that will prove to be negative.
On the field, his adventure at PSG will end in 1998 at the same time as that of Raï, Laurent Fournier, Alain Roche or Paul Le Guen. He will then try to join England but his trials do not convince Senderland or West Ham and finally joined the Heart of Midlothian where he put an end to his career a year later, at 33 years old.
