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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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