By force, we start to know it well, this sweet Parisian refrain: a spring loaded with hopes, promises of magnitude … Then the fall, brutal, magnificent, almost artistic. To avoid emotional slap, you might as well take the lead. Here's why, Spoiler Alert, PSG will probably still fail this season. Nothing personal is just tradition.
1. Arsenal, this historic black cat
No need to look for noon at fourteen o'clock: Arsenal is the Parisian nightmare par excellence. Zero victory against the Gunners in European competition, a humiliating elimination in 1994 (semi-final cutting cuttings) … And this season again, a dry defeat 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium. As the other would say: sometimes it is better to flee his destiny than confront him.
2. Semi-finals: the glass ceiling
PSG reaches the semi-finals with the regularity of an SNCF subscriber. But pass the course? Never or almost. Only once in four attempts, when the C1 was played in another format (in 2020). Each time, it's the same scene: maximum tension, legs that flank, wobbly strategy. As long as the semi-finals last 180 minutes, it will obviously need a miracle … or a new reform of the competition.
PSG runs to disaster in the Champions League (and here)
3. A potential final against hungry heavy goods vehicles
Suppose, let's be crazy, that Paris qualifies. Well done ! But you believe that in the final, Inter Milan or Barcelona will gently let them lift the cup? No. They know. They breathe the smell of polished metal. Paris, for the moment, breathes above all the pressure.
4. Defense: Panic mode activated
To be afraid against Aston Villa when we were leading 4 goals on the whole of the two matches? Check. Tremble like a leaf at the slightest opposing pressing? Re-check. How much is we bet that in front of Arsenal or in the final, will we find this good old scent of Parisian panic?
5. A wear route, no champion
Finish 15ᵉ of the league phase, go through dams… Seriously, what is this galley plan? In an ideal world, future champions dominate in the hens. PSG obviously prefers the most breaked path. The art of complicating life, again and again.
Conclusion :
So yes, this content smells of pessimism and forcing … but even if it means suffering, you might as well prepare for the worst. With Paris, you are never disappointed to be pessimistic. Because basically, PSG supporters know this cruel paradox: hope makes the fall even harder, while a healthy distrust allows at least to take the blows with philosophy. To convince yourself in advance that everything can go wrong is a bit like wearing an umbrella under a blue sky: useless … to the storm. And in the history of PSG in the Champions League, the storm is never far away. So, as much smile in front of the inevitable, savor the path without getting too attached to the outcome. What if, by miracle, Paris were to triumph this year? So the surprise would be more gentle. Because in the end, in football as in life, it is better to be surprised than disappointed.
