PSG has rarely been as popular as this season. And if his domination in Ligue 1 has earned him the usual criticism, many followers and football enthusiasts have been impressed by the level of play displayed by Parisians since the start of the year and wish their victory on May 31 in the final of the Champions League.
In Marseille, the rivalry between the two clubs is obviously too strong to see Marseille supporters support PSG. And this also applies to Medhi Benatia, the sports director of the club. And this despite the strong ties that unite him to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, the Parisian president.
“I have a lot of respect, as you know, to Nasser, and I have never hidden it. He's someone with whom I had relationships before OM, when I played Qatar. It's a beautiful person ”, He explained to the microphone of RMC, saying nevertheless as many good of Giuseppe Marotta, the boss of Inter : “I also had the manager who had made me sign my contract to Juve at the time, Mr. Marotta (President of the Inter), who is someone extraordinary. »»
Medhi Benatia impressed by PSG but …
But between PSG and Inter, his choice is made. “If I have to swing by being OM today, there is something special with us as you know, it's to date we are the only ones. And I would like that in September it continues like that, it's clear and clear ”, he explained.
Medhi Benatia is nonetheless complimentary with the capital's club. “PSG is about to play a European Cup final. This PSG that I have seen over the past five months, maybe-no, it's even sure-the best PSG I have seen since the start of the QSI era, He also gone to the microphone of BeIN Sports. We see that they run together, that they work together, that they understood that to win headlines, you have to be a real team. Before, there was rather a team of stars. Today is a short team. »»
“I recognize that Paris has finally created a real team,
he added. And when you watch their European matches, whether against Aston Villa or Arsenal, they deserved their qualification. Bravo to them. »»
