EDITORIAL
>>> It was a small PSG that qualified Wednesday night, winning against Brugge (1-0) in the knockout stages of the Champions League. But what holds our columnist Virginie Phulpin this evening, it is the answers, scathing, Leonardo, the sports director of the club, to Michel Platini.
Ah the PSG sports director shot more shots than Kylian Mbappé last night, that's for sure. Do not look for him, Leonardo. Otherwise, he rapplique in front of the pickups and dézierue whoever dares to attack his club. Here is finally someone in Paris St Germain who wets the shirt, finally, rather the adjusted suit, to defend the institution.
Yesterday morning, Michel Platini attacked the PSG to say that with a Qatari president, a Brazilian sports director, a German coach and a Frenchman in the team, the club could also be called Coca-Cola. How Leonardo responds to a frontal attack? By an aggressive defense, both feet off the ground. "This is not the first time Platini makes this kind of comment, I will not even talk about racism, it's called jealousy."
Basically, the message is that the former president of UEFA drools a little, he wants to make the buzz to sell his book and it's pretty pathetic. Yes, no real place for tenderness. Me, I find it healthy enough that Leonardo out of the woods as soon as the PSG is attacked. It's his role too. He lets the coach get by with the field and the players, and he vouches for the institution. That's how it works, too, a great club. And that has often failed PSG. There, there is someone who embodies Paris-Saint-Germain. And he knows perfectly how to be respected. Left to shoot at sight. But always with a smile. Because Leonardo is a killer, but a killer who masters communication as a person.
Leonardo also answered Michel Platini about Kylian Mbappé
He does not let anything pass. Michel Platini criticizes the PSG, Leonardo reappears. Michel Platini attacks Mbappé, Leonardo is still there. It looks like Keylor Navas in Paris goals Wednesday night. The former UEFA president believes that with age, Kylian Mbappé will understand that speed is not everything and he will play a little more ball and play the others. Leonardo can not, does not want to let that go. He still speaks of jealousy. Mbappé is one of the best in the world, and he will surely be the best in the world. That's it, that's it. It is better to envy than pity. Leonardo balances the proverb that goes well, it's even more effective to put all the fans in the pocket.
Michel Platini says it is passed for Al Capone because of his business with FIFA. But there, in front of him, he found the Eliot Ness of PSG.