Three weeks after his feat against Liverpool, PSG attacked another premier League resident, Aston Villa. A necessarily special poster for David Ginola, who has indeed worn the two jerseys. But between the club of the capital and the Villan, the choice is quickly made for the former tricolor winger, who was on the set of the Champions Club canal.
By his own admission, his “Passage to Aston Villa (200-2002) does not correspond to the best moment of his career”. “I came from Tottenham, a club that I did not want to leave, and I found myself in Villa with a coach, John Gregory, who was not top …”he remembered in the columns of the Team.
David Ginola, on the contrary, keeps excellent passages from his adventure at PSG, in particular the qualification won against Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup in 1993, his most beautiful victory with the Red and Blue. “We had lost 3-1 to go, we lead 3-0 on the return, then (Ivan) Zamorano puts the two teams tied in the stoppages (3-1, 92nd) and finally Antoine (Koumbouaré) qualifies us as a whim (4-1, 96th). A Dantesque scenario … “, he recalled.
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This victory also gave rise to his biggest career party. “Already, Jacques Chirac had congratulated us in the locker room, when he was mayor of Paris. Then Michel Denisot (then President of PSG) invited us to the Fouquet's (a restaurant located on the Champs-Élysées) and we dignified the qualification with dignity. At the time, players could still let go., He said. Safety barriers had been installed outside the Fouquet's and we were able to commune with the supporters, who were like crazy. »»
Three weeks later, PSG was going to undergo the law of Juventus and David Ginola has a bitter memory of his duel with Moreno Torricelli. “He pulled you the jersey, spit in your back … We will modestly say that he used stratagems that did not have much to do with football”he blown.
