“Once is historic, twice is legendary. » Supporters were invited this Saturday to the PSG Camp, in Poissy, to attend a training match between Luis Enrique’s players, one week before the Champions League final against Arsenal, on May 30 in Budapest (kick-off 6 p.m.).
Two players were missing and not the least: Ousmane Dembélé and Achraf Hakimi continue their individual recovery and should return to training quickly in order to be operational to challenge the Gunners. On one side, Désiré Doué, Gonçalo Ramos and Bradley Barcola were associated, on the other, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was accompanied by Ibrahim Mbaye and Lee Kangin, knowing that Joao Neves and Vitinha were separated on the field.
The war in Ukraine embarrasses PSG
Before kick-off, all the players shook hands online, but Matvey Safonov and Illia Zabarnyi, opponents in this match, avoided each other! The Russian goalkeeper and the Ukrainian central defender had obviously decided not to high five and did not look at each other. The moment was captured by Parisian supporters and quickly ignited social networks. The capital club did not really need this “incident” a few days before a possible European double.
The newspaper The Parisian tried to explain the relationship between the two players. The Russian and the Ukrainian have shown too much proximity since the start of the season in order to avoid any political recovery and, while the war in Ukraine, which began in 2022, continues, the club tries not to show the two players together. Zabarnyi did not come to jump on Safonov like all his teammates during the Intercontinental Cup won by PSG last December in Qatar. Despite everything, the understanding between the two players this Saturday is not very wise. In recent months, they have already appeared in the team photo before meetings…
