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Thomas Tuchel and Thiago Silva winners of the Champions League on Saturday with Chelsea, Unai Emery (Villarreal) winner on Wednesday of his fourth Europa League ... They left PSG through the back door, but today, the former Parisians dominate the Europe football.

- Tuchel, sacked in Paris and crowned in Chelsea -

For coach Thomas Tuchel, the break with PSG was sudden and brutal: after two and a half years of service, it was done on December 23, one-on-one with sporting director Leonardo, while the 'German believed himself protected by the fact of having reached the first final of C1 in the history of the club, lost to Bayern Munich (1-0).

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“Professionally I had a shitty Christmas, but I think I had the best present,” he joked on UK radio.

Ever since he crossed the Channel, the Swabian technician never leaves his smile.

He made a success of his debut with Chelsea and on Saturday reached the unexpected Grail of a Champions League coronation against Manchester City of Pep Guardiola (1-0).

"It was my second final, I was happy to be in the final last year, but this one was different in a way, I felt it upstream," he relished at the microphone from BT Sport.

All while imposing his paw (compact defense, intensity, mentality) when that of his successor in Paris Mauricio Pochettino seems to be slow to appear ...

- Thiago Silva has not forgotten Paris -

"I will be a Parisian for life," Thiago Silva had launched in November 2019, in an interview with France Football magazine, the front cover of which showed him leaning on the counter of a cafe, sipping an espresso.

Holder of a French passport for two years, the Brazilian defender was rooted at PSG (2012-2020), where he appears in the top 10 players with the most appearances (8th place, 315 matches).

"I love this club, maybe I'll come back, but not as a player," he slipped after the C1 final lost against Bayern, his last match with the Parisians.

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But while waiting for a possible return, the "Monstro" (36 years old) still has to digest the episode of his departure, which left him bitter.

"With all the pressure I had at PSG to win this cup, people were looking for a culprit. Each time it was me, it's a shame, I gave everything for the club," he said. he said Saturday at the microphone of the RMC channel.

"I hope they will have it, I will always be Red and Blue," added Silva, who wore the PSG jersey from 2012 to 2020 before joining Chelsea last summer.

Despite an injury which forced him to give up his place just before half-time in the final on Saturday, this European coronation is "the most important moment of my career", relished the Brazilian.

"It's unforgettable, I'm very happy, it's also the moment to be grateful for everything Paris has done for me."

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- Emery is still the man of the C3 -

In the final in Gdansk on Wednesday, Unai Emery regained all his splendor in his favorite competition, the Europa League, adding a fourth trophy with Villarreal to the treble conquered with Sevilla (2014, 2015, 2016).

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What to restore the image of the Basque, a little tarnished by the mixed record of his years in Paris (2016-2018) and Arsenal (2018-2019), despite a new C3 final reached in 2019 with the Gunners (and lost against ... Chelsea).

In the French capital, he is still seen as one of the men of the historic "remount" suffered in 2017 against FC Barcelona (4-0, 1-6).

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But Emery is a tough, needy, who studied the game of Manchester United like no one else to win in the final on penalties on Wednesday at the end of the night (1-1 ap, 11 tab to 10).

"The secret is work," commented the technician, who shows like Tuchel or Thiago Silva that there is life after a precipitous departure from PSG.

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