Happy as ever after his PSG’s 4-2 victory against Manchester City, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi delivered a mobilizing speech in the Parisian locker room after the match.
It was enough to see his joy at the final whistle to measure how happy Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was, and undoubtedly relieved too, to see his PSG overthrow Manchester City and maintain all their chances of qualifying for the Champions League play-offs. . “Yes, it was one of my most beautiful emotions as president of PSG”will even recognize the Qatari in the mixed zone at the end of the match.
A few minutes earlier, the president of PSG had gone to kiss his players one by one as they returned to the locker room, as well as Luis Enrique. According to Le Parisien, Al-Khelaïfi gave a poignant speech in the locker room in front of his players, all listening: “He gave me goosebumps”even admitted to the regional daily a witness to the scene.
According to Le Parisien, the Parisian president said to his troops: “We have a great team, we have great players. We must go as far as possible. I am sure that if we continue like this, if we work seriously every day, we will move forward. » And Al-Khelaïfi added: “We have the best staff, the best coach, the best players here. It’s in our heads, we can win every match, I promise you, we will go very, very far. »
For its part, RMC reports that Al-Khelaïfi told his players that they had to “keep this collective state of mind and that we should not let the skeptics get in the way” of their path. According to the radio, many Parisian players were congratulating themselves on having managed to get their “comeback” and the word that came up most often after the match was: team.
-“You are all the star of the team”
If the locker room celebrated the victory properly, L’Equipe adds that everyone was well aware that qualification was not yet achieved and that the work had to be finished in Stuttgart in a week. “As a team!” It will be done as a team! »the players repeated as they returned to the locker room.
“You’re all the star of the team.”also told Al-Khelaïfi to his players according to L’Equipe, at the end of his speech. A mantra which has accompanied Luis Enrique’s PSG for several months now and which has never been as relevant as since Wednesday evening. Hopefully it lasts!
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