Didier Deschamps' speech after the coronation of PSG in the Champions League

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

They did it. After so many complicated years and billions spent, Paris Saint-Germain won the first Champions League in its history this season. A coronation that appears deserved as the journey of the men of Luis Enrique seems crazy. Close to the elimination near the end of the regular season, the capital's club was able to qualify by beating Manchester City and Stuttgart. In direct elimination phase, Parisians were intractable. Thus, Brest, Liverpool, Aston Villa then Arsenal were ousted from the Ile -de -France route to the final. Faced with Inter Milan this Saturday, the forecasts were tight, but still erected PSG in favorite.

And that didn't miss it. Much superior to amorphous insteads, Luis Enrique's men went to seek their first Champions League at the end of a master's end-to-end and which ended with a Manita des Parisians (5-0). At the end of the meeting, many personalities from the football world therefore congratulated PSG. Reactions from all over the world and which showed that PSG had finally gained respect and credibility behind which the capital's club has been running for years. This Sunday morning, it's Didier Deschamps' turn to go there on his share of compliments for new European champions at the microphone of Telefoot.

Didier Deschamps greets the XXL service by Désiré Doué

First player of a French team to have raised the LDC in 1993 with OM, Deschamps did not hesitate to salute the performance of the PSG at first glance: “It's great for them. All PSG supporters, players, employees, the president, the French coach and football. It is a new victory finally for a French club. There are a lot of positive waves.Obviously seduced by the PSG service, the coach of the French team was also questioned about the service of DĂ©sirĂ© DouĂ©. French neo-international since March, the 19-year-old was brilliant against the Nerazzurri with two goals and a decisive pass.

An XXL performance that has not really shocked Didier Deschamps, aware of the crazy qualities of the player trained in Rennes: “It is not obvious given his age and his lack of experience of being as efficient. He was like the team. DĂ©sirĂ© has already shown its qualities before but there it is in the Champions League final. Already that he had great self -confidence, it was a very strong moment in his career. It will be necessary to manage it but as everything is square in his head … It is very good for him to be so efficient in the Champions League final. ”

Finally, in his coach costume, Deschamps explained that the seven players (GouĂ©, Barcola, DembĂ©lĂ©, Pavard, Thuram, ZaĂŻre-Emery, Hernandez) who had participated in the C1 final went to return Monday evening to the Château de Clairefontaine to prepare the two Blues matches against Spain: “All the players who played the final yesterday will return Monday evening. It is normal that after such an intense emotional peak, they will need to go down. But not much time before going back because the matches facing Spain arrive quickly.You will understand, everyone wanted to salute the great performance of PSG in the Champions League final.

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