The multimillion-dollar project of Paris Saint-Germain, which this season incorporated the Argentine Lionel Messi, added another giant failure this Wednesdaybeing eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League after losing 3-1 to Real Madrid.
When investors from Qatar came to the club, the plan was to win the Champions League within five years. With the failure in the 2021-22 edition, the term continues to grow: 11 years and counting.
To Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, the two tricks of the project, plus the arrival of Messi this season, defender Sergio Ramos, goalkeeper Gianlugi Donnarumma, midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum and full-back Achraf Hakimi had also joined PSG’s plan. But all were shipwrecked against a rival who knows how to play the Champions League.
Ramos is injured and did not have minutes, Wijnaldum stayed on the bench at the Bernabéu and Donnarumma, who started replacing Costa Rican Keylor Navas, failed resoundingly when it seemed that the series was settled in favor of PSG, with a 2-0 lead. product of the 1-0 in the first leg and Mbappé’s goal in the first stage.
PSG had been failing in Europe year after year and the closest they came to reaching the top was in 2020, when they lost the final against Bayern. Last year he fell in the semifinals against Manchester City and today he says goodbye to the tournament much earlier.
A payroll quoted at 909 million dollars was worth nothing according to the Transfermarkt portal, the second most expensive in the world after that of Manchester City, which against a much less complicated rival, Sporting de Portugal, this Wednesday got into the quarterfinals .
The result leaves DT Mauricio Pochettino on the ropes, despite being the leader with a wide advantage in Ligue 1. But the objective of Paris Saint-Germain is another. And he will have to wait another year, who knows if with the Argentine on the bench.
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