In the spotlight: the last three minutes

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By: Frédéric Couteau Follow

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Wednesday morning, a few hours before the Quarter-Final of the Champions League between PSG and Atalanta Bergamo, Le Parisien described the Parisian team as “  the most disconcerting club in Europe  ”, while predicting its qualification. The newspaper was not mistaken… PSG qualified after a match to say the least… disconcerting.

“  Stunning!  “Exclaims Le Parisien . “  Led 1 to 0 until the 90th minute, PSG reversed the situation in three minutes to win 2-1 in added time. Here he is for the first time in 25 years in the semi-finals of the Champions League. (…) This is one of the craziest comebacks of recent years, like the Champions League which for seasons has offered incredible matches.  "

"  Insane  ", adds L'Equipe,  which wants to believe in the European destiny of PSG this year. “  In this upset Champions League, which has only two former winners (FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich), the feeling passes through the air that this can be a good year. Otherwise, wonders the sports daily, what meaning could it have to end the curse in additional time, behind closed doors, on neutral ground, in the midst of a global pandemic, with a savior, a player who was not even registered in the Champions League in January ?  "

Indeed, specifies Le Parisien , the savior of PSG, the Cameroonian international Choupo-Moting "  should have left the club at the end of June. He had accepted two more months without flinching. And it is he who qualifies Paris in the semi-final.  "

Joe Biden - Kamala Harris winning ticket?

She is on the front page of Liberation, the World or even Le Figaro: it's Kamala Harris ... The senator from California will be running mate of Democratic candidate Joe Biden for the US presidential election.

Liberation applauds: "  Kamala Harris is the first candidate of color to appear on a presidential ticket and would become the first vice president in the history of the United States if the Democrat wins against Donald Trump, which is a sacred symbol opening.  "

Kamala Harris has two strengths, notes Liberation  : "  He is a strong personality who does not hesitate to take risks and to open it up when necessary, which can be useful for the Democratic tandem in the face of a Trump capable of all.  "

Second trump card: "  The United States remains torn by the racial question, the mass demonstrations provoked by the atrocious death of George Floyd have proved it. It was therefore vital for Joe Biden to show that he understood the expectations. Half Jamaican, half Indian, Kamala Harris can reassure and give a little hope to all those, and especially all those, who feel belittled because of the color of their skin.  "

Trump vs. Trump

For Le Monde , it is “  a historic choice. (…) After four years of a presidency marked by a regression of the rights of women and minorities, a black woman will wear the colors of the Democratic Party for the vice-presidency of the United States. (…) If Joe Biden, who is clearly ahead of Donald Trump in the polls, wins on November 3, Kamala Harris, 55, will become the first woman vice-president. Joe Biden being 77 years old, she will have the foot in the stirrup for the election of 2024.  "

Le Figaro moderates this great enthusiasm… “  The vice-president is only a spare wheel in the American system - even if the “ old models ” personified by Joe Biden (77 years) and Donald Trump (74 years) reinforce some little the hypothesis of a succession during the mandate. But above all because in this case only one candidate really counts , believes Le Figaro  : the outgoing president. Everything will revolve around him, his extraordinary personality and his contrasting record. Most Americans will vote for or against him, with passion or hate. Rarely has a presidential election been carried by such binary energy. On November 3, concludes Le Figaro, it will be Trump against Trump.  "

Covid-19 : the young peril ...

We stay with Le Figaro who notes that in France, “  young people are accelerating the transmission of Covid-19. The virus is circulating more and more among people under 40, who develop few serious cases, but who risk transmitting it to older people.  "

It is "  the young peril  ", exclaim Les Latest Nouvelles d'Alsace . “  If young adults are less often affected than their elders and they develop less serious forms of disease, they are nevertheless active vectors. All the more difficult to spot as they are often asymptomatic. Hence the need to encourage them to test themselves as frequently as possible. (…) Carrying out specific communication has therefore become a major public health issue, which goes far beyond the festive framework of the summer holidays, the Alsatian daily still believes . They will end soon, in a fortnight, and it is at the start of the school year, when colleges, high schools and universities are reopening that the risks of the virus spreading will be the greatest. It is at the start of autumn that everything will be decided , forecast Les Latest Nouvelles d'Alsace. By then, it will be necessary to have educated more than stigmatized. So that barrier gestures and screening have become reflexes, not constraints.  "

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