It has almost become a Champions League classic.
This Wednesday evening (9 p.m.), Real Madrid hosts Paris Saint-Germain for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
After a 1-0 victory for PSG in the first leg, the suspense remains in total.
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A clash between teams from the Spanish and French capitals has become recurrent in recent years.
The two clubs have faced each other every two years in the Champions League since 2016. Eight games between these two leaders since the arrival of QSI in Paris.
For the journalist from
Marca
, a Madrid daily of reference in Spain, this is not a match like the others.
A clash between two worlds.
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“
The King of Europe facing a State
”, summarizes Miguel Angel Lara in his article published this Wednesday morning.
Beyond the future of Kylian Mbappé, who has animated the two teams and the whole world for two weeks - even years, the Spanish journalist returns to the arrival of the Qataris in Paris.
"
The Paris team is the model for the assault on the elite clubs that have dominated European football for decades, with Real Madrid as the most honorable of this select high society
," writes Lara.
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“
With one state behind, that of Qatar, PSG have spent years trying to achieve at least once what Real Madrid have achieved up to 13 times.
Thanks to an economic potential never before seen in European sport, the best players in the world have arrived at the Parc des Princes.
But so far his assault on the skies has remained in the final two years ago, the one he lost to Bayern in Lisbon.
“
Let the soul of Real Madrid appear
”, headlines
Marca
in its edition of the day.
“
Eleven years have passed since the Cheick revolutionized PSG to become one of the best teams on the planet.
But even a decade will not have been enough for the Parisians to lift their first Champions League
, squeaks Jonas Pérez in
AS
.
It is said that in the highest continental competition, history plays a crucial role.
Neither millions nor quality are enough to lift the cup
.”
And the journalist to summon the ghosts of the Parisian past to give hope to Madrid supporters: "
PSG has often been in front but it fell while even the most pessimistic saw it qualified
".
The shock is launched.
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