For PSG to one day lift the Champions League, we will have to stop organizing the Final Four in Cologne.
In the Rhine city, Paris has known only bitter disappointments: four eliminations in the semi-finals (2016, 2018, 2020, 2021) and a defeat of a goal in the final in 2017.
"It's true, for the moment success here eludes us" laments Nedim Remili, rolling his eyes to seek comfort.
In the ranking of fiascos that bring tears, the most recent this Saturday, this terrible defeat against the Danes of Aalborg (33-35) already occupies a prominent place.
“Collectively, we failed.
It's very hard ”summarizes the former Cristolien.
60 ': It's over, Paris bows ... Bravo to Aalborg!
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Clumsy, borrowed in the second half, Paris was trapped in the last minutes of a game hitherto under control year after year.
"It's so cruel to lose the match this way but we can only blame ourselves" adds Luka Karabatic.
How did this PSG let out a final that stretched out its arms to him?
It is indeed incomprehensible.
PSG always stumbles on the last steps of the great European theater.
It is a bitter failure and without major extenuating circumstances.
Because yes, Paris really had everything to go to the end this time.
"What can I tell you other than that we will try to come back better next season?"
Remili sighs.
Better really? We will see but it is not certain. It will already be without Dylan Nahi who plays, like Viran Morros, this Sunday his last match with Paris before joining Kielce in Poland. In 12 months, Olympic champion Mikkel Hansen will also be packing to join… Aalborg. Vincent Gérard will take over the management of Saint-Raphaël. A persistent and never denied rumor announces Remili in Kielce also in 2022. After letting Luc Abalo and Sander Sagosen go in 2020, PSG sees its galactics go away one by one. So many departures that turn a page, weaken PSG and strengthen its competitors. Returning to the banks of the Rhine will become more and more difficult with a boss Nikola Karabatic who will also be 38 years old if Paris is there in a year.Even the weather is not playing for Paris which did not lose a match this Saturday. He lost a golden opportunity to become European champion.