Valdo is at home in Lisbon where PSG faces Bayern Munich this Sunday in the Champions League final. The former Parisian club midfielder lives in the Portuguese capital and was able to visit the Parisian group last week. What persuade him that Neymar and his gang can climb on the roof of Europe.
At the end of an unprecedented final phase, is the match between PSG and Bayern Munich the final we could dream of?
VALDO . Yes. It's hard to say that a favorite emerges in this game. Between PSG and Bayern, it's really 50/50. It will be a special game as both teams have the same strengths with excessively strong attackers on both sides. Mbappé, Neymar, Di Maria… Lewandowski, Muller, Gnabry… And I'm not even talking about Perisic or Kingsley Coman! It is very impressive. There is such a strike force that we can expect a very spectacular game. Paradoxically, it is the defense that will make the difference. The team that makes the fewest mistakes in this area wins. But I'm not just talking about the defenders. Because the circles or even the attackers will have to participate.
How to explain that everything is succeeding in Paris this season?
Individual talent already. It is undeniable that the players of this team have enormous qualities. They collectively mature. Neymar is 27 years old, Di Maria 32, Thiago Silva is the oldest but has perhaps the best level of his career, Navas has already won the competition three times, Marquinhos is now 26 years old… Apart from the youngest ones like Mbappé and Kimpembe , who in addition are already world champions, all the others are in the best years of their careers. They have experience and serenity. But there is something else…
What?
I had the chance to meet them in Lisbon after their victory over Atalanta. I saw love between the players. There is respect and complicity in the group vis-à-vis Thomas Tuchel. All of this combined gives strengths that make a team very difficult to beat.
A victory for PSG would concretize the change of dimension of the club?
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The transformation of this team began in my time when Canal + bought the club. It changed dimension with the arrival of great players like Ronaldinho. The arrival of Qatar made it possible to continue this construction. At that time, he gained worldwide notoriety. The arrival of Leonardo revolutionized football in Paris. It is the accumulation of all these efforts that made Paris reach the level where it is today. Let's not forget that it's a very young club. He is only 50 years old. It was not easy to get into the deep end of European football with Juventus, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Barcelona, Milan or Bayern Munich. Today, PSG is one of these great clubs. If he wins the Champions League, he will be their equal.
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