PSG-inter, the impossible dilemma

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By: Manu Tournoux

A few days before the Champions League final between PSG and Inter Milan, Youri Djorkaeff, former player of the two clubs, finds himself faced with a heartbreaking choice.

Paris Saint-Germain on the occasion of writing its history in the Champions League this Saturday, in the Champions League final against Inter Milan. While the opinions fuse and the forecasts accumulate, it is the turn of Youri Djorkaeff to speak.

The ex-French offensive milieu, which wore the colors of the Inter (1996-99) but also those of PSG (1995-96)-just like his father Jean Djorkaeff before him (1970-72)-, admits his inability to decide. The 98 world champion is too intimately linked to the two clubs to wish the victory of one to the detriment of the other.

“It's like choosing between my two sons”

“But it's as if I was asked to choose between Sacha and Oan, my two sons!” It's impossible “said the “snake” in the columns of
The team This Thursday. “I am French. My father was also captain of PSG … But two of my three children were born in Italy. I marked Inter. I made three main seasons (1996-1999), won an UEFA cup, played in the largest team probably in history-in any case for all fervents integrals-with the Ronaldo, Zamorano, Zanetti, Simeone, Kanu, Pagliuca, Bergomi that season. We never won the Scudetto, but we marked all the hearts. I still have my photo in the locker room. »»

Djorkaeff concludes without detour: “I'm not trying to compare. I am especially very happy and proud that these two clubs are in the final. I love them differently. »»