It all started a few years ago, the city of Paris had two teams, Paris FC and Stade Français, but neither stood out in the competition, people wanted something that represented them, they wanted to experience the passion of football. It was then that he had the idea of making a merger between the two teams and with the support of more than 20,000 people, the Paris Saint-German Football Club was founded on August 12, 1970.
Club-estado
Club-state
In the following years, PSG became the most important club in the country, its growth was very fast due to a large investment. In 2011, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) bought 70% of the French club's shares, making Nasser Al-Khelaifi the first president of Paris Saint-German who was not French, in order to win the most prestigious tournaments in the world of football, especially the UEFA Champions League. At this time they emerged to be known as club-state (club whose owner is a company, group or investment fund owned by a country) and would perfectly fulfill the first objective, which was to win the local league, year after year they were putting together good players like: Neymar, Keylor Navas, Ibrahimović, Leandro Paredes, etc.
Filosofía de juego
Game philosophy
Clubs like Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Milan, Manchester United, among others, needed an investment to become what they are, but their history and good football led them to be the best in the world. The aforementioned Spanish team was identified with a great philosophy of play, created by Johan Cruyff and used by coaches like Pep Guardiola and Xavi Hernández, a strategy that consisted of creating intelligent midfielders, not racehorses, and always keeping possession of the ball.
El factor historia
El Problema que enfrenta el París Saint-German puede que no sea los jugadores, entrenadores o árbitros. Tal vez necesita pasar por el proceso de crear su propio estilo o basarse en uno, no solo pensar que si compras a los mejores jugadores del mundo podrás ganarlo todo, el futbol se juega en equipo (estrategia) no solo con individualidades de los jugadores. Tenemos el caso de Kylan Mbappe, el mercado pasado tuvo la oportunidad de ir al equipo de sus sueños, pero los millones y demás lujos que le ofrecía el club francés, fueron más grande que lo que algún día soñó.
The story factor
The question is why PSG, having one of the best squads, cannot win the Champions League? Doing an in-depth analysis, there is a great factor that teams like Real Madrid have and that is that the history behind that shield, the trophies, the fans and the weight of their shirt, play a great role in the competition. In the last Champions League, Madrid did not have a great squad like other teams, however their fighting DNA until the last minute led them to be crowned for the fourteenth time.
The problem facing Paris Saint-German may not be the players, coaches or referees. Maybe you need to go through the process of creating your own style or build on one, not just think that if you buy the best players in the world you can win everything, football is played as a team (strategy) not only with individual players We have the case of Kylan Mbappé, the last market that had the opportunity to go to the team of his dreams, but the millions and other luxuries that the French club offered him were greater than he ever dreamed of.
Fuente
I am a fan of the trident (Messi, Neymar, Mbappé) that PSG has, but I think that money cannot buy titles, but training and good football can. The Champions League group stage match against Manchester City is the best I've seen them, they proved to be a true team, the high pressure, the collective play, the speed and strength of Mbappé was the key to defeating the team from Pep Guardiola, who is known to be very good strategically. I am intrigued by the future of this club, how far it can go in bringing out the individualities of the players, or if they will implement a change to work as a true team and be the steamroller that everyone expects.
"Ici c'est Paris"
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