The ‘open wound’ in Paris is the Champions League trophy. When the rich Qatar state took over PSG, the main goal was to get the famous title of the best team in Europe. But all these years, it didn’t happen. The League 1 titles came easily, considering the amount of money invested in the club, with no penalties for financial rules breach, but in the Champions League, other teams have money too. So, finally, after Lionel Messi and Neymar left and Luis Enrique came as a coach, it was announced that the famous trophy is not the main goal per se, and the Qatar owners are now focusing to make team strong, hoping that eventually, the European title will come. And nobody speaks about that now. But former PSG goalkeeper opened the ‘old wound’.New Year’s Revolution: Buffon thinks we should shrink the goalpost!?Gianluigi Buffon, arguably one of the best goalkeepers ever, talked about his wasted opportunity in Paris. Already a veteran, former Parma and Juventus goalie signed with the Parisian in 2018. His aim was clear – to win the Champions League. He was the World champion with Italy in 2006 and multiply Serie A winner with Juventus, but he came short of winning the Champions League three times (runner up 2003, 2015, 2017) and PSG appealed to him. But, in his only year in Paris, he also failed.”In my opinion, I saw players of unimaginable quality there. At Juve, I thought we were the best in the world, then I saw all these players together in Paris: Neymar, Mbappé, Verratti and Marquinhos and Thiago Silva … Mamma mia! If we had transferred them to Turin, we would have won the Champions League four times in a row. Every time, I asked myself: ‘How come they don’t win the Champions League there?’ I told myself that it was incomprehensible and then by living there all year round, I understood why…” said Buffon on the YouTube channel BSMT and quoted by AS.‘We don’t ask Mbappe about Real, don’t want to annoy him’The Italian, who also wasn’t so good himself that season, thinks that it’s not about the players, but the club himself. So, he took a slight dig at his former club ahead of their knockout stage game with Real Sociedad, which will be played on Wednesday in Paris.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE1/8 finalsTuesday the 13th23:00: (10.0) Copenhagen (5.00) Man.City (1.33)23:00: (3.20) RB Leipzig (3.50) Real Madrid (2.20)Wednesday the 14th23:00: (1.68) PSG (3.70) Sociedad (5.40)23:00: (6.25) Lazio (4.10) Bayern (1.55)Tuesday the 20th23:00: (2.00) Inter (3.40) Atl.Madrid (3.90)23:00: (2.15) PSV (3.45) Dortmund (3.35)Wednesday the 21st23:00: (4.10) Porto (3.50) Arsenal (1.90)23:00: (2.70) Napoli (3.35) Barcelona (2.60)***odds are subject to change***
