Can PSG keep its title in the Champions League? After its last historical season, marked in particular by its first coronation in C1 in its history, the club of the capital intends to repeat during this exercise 2025-2026. But the task promises to be very difficult for the men of Luis Enrique, says Jean-Pierre Papin.
“” Has the club strengthened sufficiently? “Asked the 1991 Ballon d'Or on the RMC Ballon Thursday, and add:” Being the team to beat is never easy to bear. It is rare, apart from Real Madrid, that a team can continue on another victory the following season. »»
Beyond the difficulty of winning twice in a row, “JPP” has great doubts about the physical state of Parisian players. For the former Blues striker, the hellish calendar, to which the World Cup of clubs was added last summer, is likely to lead a moment or another Ousmane Dembélé and his partners.
Papin on PSG: “They may have a big hole, at the start or mid -season”
“” I am afraid that their getaway in the United States for the Club World Cup will carry them at some point prejudice. They may have a big hole, at the start or mid -season. Players are not machines, you have to know how to recover “Said Papin.
In addition, the reigning European champions will have to fight from the league phase of this new Champions League campaign. Indeed, the red and blue were not spared the draw which took place this Thursday. They will face Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona, Atalanta Bergame, Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham, Sporting Lisbon, Newcastle and Athletic Bilbao.
