“Usually, I go to sports sites twenty times a day. There, since the start of confinement, I had to go there twenty times ... ”This young, dynamic said executive, crossed in a trendy district of the capital, seems to sum up well, it seems, the feeling of football enthusiasts. At first, the violent withdrawal imposed by the Covid-19 and the sudden cessation of all competitions was difficult to live with. Then organizations got used to no longer hearing howls from TV or radio commentators at the slightest (true or false) opportunity. The compulsive need to know the score, the goalscorer, the classification, the next match, disappeared for a cure which could finally have done good. To everyone, including some couples ...
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Admittedly, the most addicted amateurs threw themselves like starving on the first meetings during the return of the German Bundesliga on May 16, then of the Spanish Liga, the Italian Serie A and the English Premier League. Finally football! Well, not exactly. Because the disappointment was widely shared in front of these matches played behind closed doors, a sort of ersatz in terms of emotions. "Honestly ê ment, a Bar ç a-Real, c ' is exciting to follow. But Getafe-Villarreal or S é city Osasuna, it m ' int ed ress absolutely» , Completes our Parisian framework. Who therefore awaited with undisguised impatience the draw for Final 8, this unprecedented tournament (elimination of round-trip matches) bringing together in Lisbon the eight qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Finally the return of real football, great teams and stars in madness, cleaver and without calculation matches, adrenaline and the thrill guaranteed by the queen of European competitions.
Nothing insurmountable
All with at least one French club, PSG, which has never been so close to a first coronation in C1. Three games for a legendary triumph. Including a first in the “affordable” quarter-final against Atalanta Bergamo. Then a second, in the semi-finals, if all goes well, against the winner of the Leipzig-Atlético match in Madrid. Nothing insurmountable, even if the uncertainty will remain until kickoff on August 12, 13 or 14 on the state of form of Parisians deprived of resumption of their championship, except for two Cup finals (from France July 24, from the League on the 31st). And without forgetting, as an "aperitif", the return shock of the round of 16 opposing Turin on August 7 or 8, Ronaldo's Juventus to Olympique Lyonnais.
By settling in the heart of the summer in the Portuguese capital, with this surprising Final 8, UEFA finally succeeded in a nice move. If the pandemic does not disrupt his plans, this meeting, even disputed without public, can bring enthusiasts in front of their television, computer and / or telephone screen. And above all make them vibrate. Holy news!
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