Even if the French champion title is not yet assured, Cyril Linette believes that Paris Saint-Germain’s season is already a success, with the run in the Champions League and especially the attitude of Luis Enrique’s team , which pleases its audience.
You will have to wait a bit to uncork the champagne. Held in check by Le Havre (3-3), Paris Saint-Germain is not officially crowned champion of France, even if Luis Enrique has no doubt on the subject. On the other hand, it is already early enough to qualify the Parisian season as a success, believes Cyril Linette.
“Sportingly in Ligue 1, PSG did not have a better season than the previous ones and perhaps even a little worsenoted the former boss of the Canal+ sports department this Sunday on RMC. But football is not just that. The goal of a club is to connect with its environment, and from this point of view, I think that PSG’s refocusing is a success this season. »
A team that pleases its audience
The first difference is that PSG is still in a position to win everything at the end of April. “They have the chance to play for the title in a context where the season is not over, whereas usually, they are champions after a European disillusionment, which means that they are champions in bitterness”, observes Linette.
And above all, whatever happens in the Champions League, PSG will have succeeded in building a team that pleases its supporters, which was not necessarily the case in recent seasons, but the appeal of the Messi-Mbappé- trio Neymar. “There is something else that we feel when we go into the aisles of the Parc des Princes, explains Linette, a regular at the Porte de Saint-Cloud. It may be temporary, but I think that this refocusing towards a team with fewer stars, with a different fighting spirit, is perfectly understood by the public. The debates on Mbappé as holder or not, I don’t hear them in the public at the Park. PSG, even growing, even with tourists, has an environment of enthusiasts. »
