Special envoy to Lisbon
Constellation of stars yesterday, Paris Saint-Germain is today united, welded, turned towards a cup-shaped goal with big ears. A common mission, a shared destiny. And it is not only an image, a facade, a count for the naive. Of course, there is the appearance, social networks and communication. But the land doesn't lie. And on the ground, precisely, we see much more than the individual talent of Neymar, Kylian Mbappé, Angel Di Maria and the others. Players ready to suffer together, to strip themselves for the partner and to make the effort. It's new. We have already seen it here and there, on such and such a match. But never over time. Qualifying against Dortmund will probably have been the trigger, "a big step forward," says Thomas Tuchel. "After the loss in Germany (2-1) and during the three weeks before the return, I had the feeling that we grew as a team, we created an extraordinary competitive state of mind.
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