the reasons for the rivalry between the two football clubs

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) will face FC Barcelona in the quarter-final of the Champions League, on the evening of Wednesday April 10 from 9 p.m. This first leg will take place at the Parc des Princes, in Paris. The return match will take place on Tuesday April 16 in Spain.

Returning to the first leg, journalist Samuel Ollivier, present on the 8 Heures set, indicates: “There are matches that cannot be missed in a season. This is one of them. Everything comes together to make it explosive.” “To caricature, there is an emblematic, historic club, FC Barcelona, ​​which moves on the lawn of a nouveau riche, PSG. It’s very caricatured, but that’s how the rivalry of the other side of the Pyrenees”he adds.

A “behind the scenes” rivalry

Besides “the identity aspect” rivalries between PSG and FC Barcelona, ​​Samuel Ollivier also talks about “the rivalry behind the scenes” between the two football clubs. “Regularly, Barcelona tried to steal players from PSG”explains Samuel Ollivier, citing Thiago Silva, Marquinhos and Marco Verratti, “without ever achieving it”. “On the other hand, in the other direction, Paris hurt Barcelona”continues the journalist, evoking Neymar’s decision to leave the Spanish club in 2017 to join PSG, and the arrival of Lionel Messi in the capital club four years later.