We have experienced more contagious outbursts of joy. At the final whistle of the draw against Lens, just a few minutes after the Lensoise equalizer (1-1), the Parisians relished. Where one should use verbs like exult, explode or gloat, one should not overdo it. Because whether in the stands or on the lawn, the Parisians did not pour into the outpouring of overflowing joy.
First to come forward at the microphone of Canal +, Idrissa Gana Gueye sets the tone: “It was important to win this 10th title, it would have been good to win others but we are very happy tonight”. Laconic, the Senegalese returns to celebrate on the lawn. Captain Marquinhos follows suit, eager to put the church back in the middle of the Parc des Princes: a title remains a title, even for the all-powerful Qatari PSG.
“Last season we didn’t win, it hurt us a lot. You have to make the most of it, but it’s a shame for the atmosphere”, points out the Brazilian captain, his gaze turned towards a Virage Auteuil emptied of his ultras. The most fervent Parisian supporters have indeed kept their promise to leave the stadium in the 75th minute to celebrate the title between them, outside the stadium, just to extend their strike of encouragement which began after the incredible elimination against Real Madrid in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
The party is happening outside tonight at the Park #PSG pic.twitter.com/deKPPD7wsr
— Adrien Chantegrelet (@Adrientp) April 23, 2022
In the sky of the Porte de Saint-Cloud, a few fireworks mask the strange silence that reigns in the Parc des Princes, very quickly deserted. Marquinhos continues: “It’s our passion, we try to have as much fun as possible, with or without the public. There is always the good side, the bad side. We won the title, we have to continue with the same things. Even if we weren’t very good in Europe, we were in France. We have to value this work.”
A th championship title for @neymarjr
— Paris Saint Germain (@PSG_inside) April 23, 2022
Then comes the turn of Marco Verratti to speak, he the man with now eight Ligue 1 titles, an absolute record: “That’s wonderful. When you start child football, you dream of that, of winning the championships. Me it’s my eighth, I had never imagined that small. It’s a record“.
But the Italian community, like others, does not hide its bitterness about the evening atmosphere: “These are things I don’t understand, football is won and lost. (…) We are the first to want to win everything. I know they were disappointed for Madrid, but at some point we have to move on”. But before going to celebrate this in the Parisian night, the Italian preferred to be positive: “This victory will remain in our hearts, and perhaps one day in those of the supporters”.