The new coach of PSG, Mauricio Pochettino will return to the Parc des Princes stadium, in which he had played as a player ... but behind closed doors.
Supporters or not, the reunion will be successful only in case of victory.
As the first leg of the Ligue 1 football championship comes to an end, Paris Saint-Germain has little hope of taking the lead in the championship.
It will be necessary to beat Brest and at the same time hope for the defeat of Lyon on the lawn of Rennes.
But this match above all marks Mauricio Pochettino's reunion with the Parc des Princes.
"It's going to be a special evening," concedes the Argentine coach.
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"I will miss the supporters"
He walked the lawn of the Parc des Princes for the last time as a PSG player on May 20, 2003 in a sad 0-0 against Stade Rennais.
At the time, the Auteuil and Boulogne bends all gave voice to the heart, the stands were full.
Even if this Saturday evening, Covid-19 obliges, the stadium will be empty and silent, the coach does not shy away from his pleasure to find the enclosure of the Porte de Saint-Cloud: "It has been almost 18 years since I played my last game at the Park in the PSG jersey, but it will be very different because it will be without our supporters. I will miss them, really a lot ... ", he laments at the microphone of Europe 1.
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The reunion must necessarily end in a victory to finally launch the Pochettino era.
After the draw conceded against Saint-Etienne, he does not want to become the first coach to lose at home for his first game since Philippe Bergeroo.
On April 3, 1999, the latter began with a 1-0 defeat against Montpellier.