This Thursday in Monaco, the whole European round ball had met as part of the draw for the first phase of the Champions League. The opportunity to pay tribute to PSG, the title holder, via a clip, speakers and a ceremonial whose UEFA has the secret … No!
From the curtain raising at the end of the TV retransmission, not a word was granted to the Parisian club holder of the famous cup with the big ears. And this despite an extended introduction of the event, with in particular the broadcasting of a sketch featuring Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the new darling of Aleksander Ceferin, the boss of the UEFA.
Chelsea in the spotlight, not PSG …
The height of disrespect for PSG, a tribute, however, was paid to Chelsea, the executioner of the Reds and Blues in the final of the World Cup this summer. Not for this conquest of the first trophy of the genus stamped FIFA but for the whole of the continental work of the blues.
Winner of the League Conference League last spring after a success on the Betis Seville in the final, the London club indeed became the first in Europe to win all the titles distributed by the UEFA (Champions League, Europa League, League Conference and Youth League).
Present at the ceremony, President Nasser al-Khelaïfi did not take shade. “” It is the best club competition in the world. All the best clubs play it. It's always difficult. We're going to think of a match by match until the enddixit the Qatari leader on the Canal+ antenna while PSG inherited a particularly raised program, with the menu the Bayern, Barça, Atalanta, Leverkusen, Tottenham, Sporting, Newcastle and Bilbao. Last year, we already forgot. We are thinking about this season. Confidence without work is nothing. »»
