Mathieu Warnier, media365: published on Monday May 05, 2025 at 11:35 p.m.
PSG leaders confirmed to UEFA the outfit that their players will have this Wednesday on the occasion of the semi-final return of the Champions League against Arsenal, with the lucky charm which will be put aside for the occasion.
It is a Cornelian choice that PSG had to make. This Wednesday, the capital’s club receives Arsenal as part of the semi-finals return from the Champions League after winning the first round at the Emirates Stadium last week by the smallest of the margins. Parisian leaders had to communicate with UEFA their choice concerning the outfit that their players will display when entering the lawn of the Parc des Princes. And this so that the Gunners can adapt and have a jersey allowing sufficient contrast during this appointment. However, two options have been on the table for several days. The first was the use of the home jersey with the traditional “Hechter” colors. The second was the use of the fourth jordan wings jersey. If the decision was not easy to make, it is because of the symbol represented by this jersey launched by PSG and its equipment supplier last January. Indeed, this dominant blue outfit with white wings on the sleeves was used in crucial matches.
The favorite tradition to symbolism
In particular, there were those won against Manchester City and Stuttgart in conclusion of the league phase, which allowed PSG to get out of a more than complicated situation linked to the start of a laborious European campaign. This gave it a certain popularity with Parisian supporters … but also caused a stock of stock. A fourth jersey which was then used in Brest and, above all, in Liverpool during the qualification in the quarter -finals at the end of the penalty shootout. If he did not brought happiness to the players of Luis Enrique during the crisp defeat at Aston Villa on the occasion of the return match of the quarter -finals, he made a noticed return to the first leg against Arsenal. Consequently, PSG had the choice between tradition and symbol. This is ultimately the first solution that was chosen by the capital’s club, which will therefore evolve with its blue-white-white-white-blue jersey. The Gunners, meanwhile, could play with their traditional red jersey with white sleeves, as in the match of the league phase between the two clubs.
