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UEFA The intrahistory of the failed draw that angered Real Madrid: "It's a scandal"
The
Real Madrid
and
Paris Saint-Germain
are now the two great representatives of the last war of football. Two of the most powerful clubs in the world fighting in opposite trenches. The white team, still owned by its partners, is chaired by
Florentino Pérez
, the great promoter of the
Superliga
project
. The Parisian team, owned by
the Qatar Sovereign Investment Fund
, is led by
Nasser Al-Khelaifi
, head of the
European Club Association
(ECA), linked to
UEFA
.
Directly or indirectly, through the Super League or UEFA, Madrid or PSG, Florentino or Al-Khelaifi, the duel is played on
all fronts
.
In sports and institutional matters.
In the signings and in the courts.
In football and in politics.
Superliga and UEFA are in full
trial for the creation of the project
, for the
monopoly
accusations
on the maximum organization of European football and for the
sanctions
against the driving clubs, including Madrid.
Mbappé, the center of everything
At the football level, the scene of the battle is
Kylian Mbappé
. A transfer that has gone far beyond the grass and that transcends football itself. It is image, prestige and power. Florentino wants the great French soccer star to inaugurate the
New Santiago Bernabéu
, and Al-Khelaifi refuses to part with his top scorer in the middle
of the Qatar World Cup
, the first in history in the Arab world and a turning point for the Sheikhs , which arrived in
Paris
a decade ago. That is why he rejected all the offers that Madrid put on his table in the summer, including one that exceeded
222 million euros
, the highest figure in the history of football. They were not going to sell him even in his
last year of contract
and after the footballer has requested it. That would be surrendering to Pérez, something unimaginable.
For this reason, the first name that has come to the minds of Madrid fans after the surreal
draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League
is only one: Mbappé. The French striker will visit the Bernabéu in mid-
March
for the second leg of the tie, with
Al-Khelaifi and Florentino in the box
... And who knows if he will do so with a
contract
with Madrid under his arm. The now PSG player
ends his relationship in June 2022
, just when this season ends, but
on January 1 he will be free to sign a new agreement
with any team, including Madrid.
The Chamartín board, aware that the player's current desire is to wear white, has acted with lead feet during these months, making offers to PSG and waiting.
In winter, and discarding the possibility that Al-Khelaifi accepts a transfer offer,
they will launch freely
for the player.
The emotional return of Ramos
Beyond
Mbappe
and the
Super League
, there is the emotional terrain of the tie. And in that sense there will be no more sentimental situation than the return of
Sergio Ramos
to the
Santiago Bernabéu
. The captain for more than a decade, a
scorer in Lisbon
, who denied his desire to leave Madrid so many times and ended up leaving for an eternal tug of war with Florentino. "
I agreed to continue for another year
, but the offer had expired," he declared at his farewell without anyone understanding too well what had happened.
He signed with PSG, missed the
European Championship
and has had many physical problems.
If injuries allow, he will return to play in front of the fans that once cheered him on.
"I would have liked another confrontation, but
fate is capricious
. My love for Madrid will never change, but PSG is the one that bet on me," he said yesterday at the presentation of a gym.
Messi in Spain
The crossing also leaves the
return of Leo Messi to Spain
for the first time since his traumatic departure from
Barcelona
. As with Ramos, it is still difficult to see the Argentine with another shirt that is not the azulgrana. His last game on Spanish soil was
Barça-Celta
last May, a defeat in which he scored his last goal as a culé. Now he will return to the
Santiago Bernabéu
, a stadium that he is good at.
He
has scored
15 of his 26 goals against Madrid
in Chamartín, although he hasn't scored there since December
23, 2017
, four years ago.
And also like Ramos, his
first months
as a PSG player have not been easy.
The team works at the level of results and they are outstanding leaders in Ligue 1, but they have failed to overcome City in their Champions League group.
In addition, it has been difficult for Messi to see the goal.
It was not released until the end of September, precisely against those of Guardiola, and has
6 goals in all competitions
, only 1 in the league and five in Europe.
More reunions
Expanding the view beyond the presidents and the stars, the visit will be special for
Keylor, Achraf and Di María
, ex-Madridistas who have already played in the white coliseum as rivals; for
Carlo Ancelotti
, who was PSG coach between
December 2011 and June 2013;
for
Ferland Mendy
, who spent eight years in the quarry of the French team; and for
Eden Hazard
, who was
seriously injured
at Madrid-PSG in November 2019 after an entry by his compatriot Meunier, who is no longer in the French team.
Real Madrid and PSG have met on
ten occasions
, with a favorable balance for the whites, who have added
4 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats
.
The first duel took place in the
UEFA
quarterfinals
92-93
, with Parisian joy, which they would repeat in the quarterfinals of the
Cup Winners
'
Cup
the following season.
It would not be until 2015, with the return of PSG to the European elite, when the Madrid team would balance the counter.
Six clashes between 2015 and 2020 and three victories for Madrid, with that
knockout round of 17-18 the
most important triumph.
That year, Zidane's men won
3-1 in the first leg of the Bernabéu and 1-2 in the return from Paris
.
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