The star of the star allowed Luis Enrique to reappear a young and hungry changing room: without personalisms a historic season has arrived, which ended with the victory in all competitions
Calcium, sometimes, can be really strange. Raise your hand who would have thought that, after spent hundreds and hundreds of millions of euros, the PSG would win his first Champions League a few months after losing his best marker of all time, as well as a man’s symbol of the brand around the world. We are obviously talking about Kylian Mbappé, the star that President Al-Khelaïfi had torn from the Monaco for almost 180 million euros in 2017 and which, after seven years in search of the most coveted cup, tried to shorten the road to the victory by fleeing to Real Madrid on a zero parameter. A choice that shook the French public opinion (Macron himself had tried to intervene to avoid the farewell of “a French football heritage”) and infuriated the fans, but that – on the counts – represented the turning point for the Parisian team. The cumbersome ego of Mbappé, which has now become larger in the media level of the PSG itself, came out, Luis Enrique was able to forge the group in his image and likeness: no star (in previous years they had also greeted Messi and Neymar), but a group of young and hungry players, willing to follow him in all in his tactical dictates. And some point of reference that is never enough, starting from the experience of Captain Marquinhos, the Eiffel Tour of Defense, and Gigio Donnarumma, who has also been able to work on the mental aspect to erase the criticisms of the past years.
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And mbappé? He chose Real and won the European and World Club Super Cup, important trophies but still “outline”. His first season in Spain ended with 43 goals to the assets, but also with several regrets: second place in Liga and in the King’s Cup behind Barcelona, elimination in the Champions quarters against Arsenal before a possible meeting in the semifinal against his former companions. That now finally raise that cup to heaven that, with Kylian on the field, seemed cursed. In addition to the championship, and France’s Cup. Triplete. A mockery for the most paid footballer in the world: his 128 million engagement will certainly be of consolation (and what consolation), but the fear of having made the wrong choice is a recurring ghost in the (short) career of a footballer. The weather is still on the side of Kylian, but who before him has sinned to Hybris (The ancient Greeks thus defined the arrogance that leads man to believe themselves superior to fate) has not always achieved what he was looking for. Two examples on all? Ronaldo the phenomenon and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Both left Inter with a fixed nail on their heads: win the Champions League. However, the god of football had other programs.