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Indications for another premiere? »The incredible conciders that unite PSG and Manchester City!

Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Saturday, May 10, 2025, 12:47 / Updated on Saturday, May 10, 2025 12:52

PSG will play the second final of Champions League, to face Inter La Munich on May 31. Just as Manchester City happened, defeated by Chelsea in 2020-2021 (0-1), France's champion gave in to Bayern, just a season earlier. Both clubs have Arab patrons and are led by coaches who have succeeded with Barcelona!

This parallel between the roads of the two very rich clubs in Europe, reached two finals of Champions League, has many things in common, which make Luis Enrique's team to become a queen of Europe in the last act on Allianz Arena.

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The comparison can only leave from the billions of petrodolars pumped by the owners of Qatar, respectively the United Arab Emirates. If Manchester City needed huge investments for 15 years, since it was taken over by the Sheikh of Abu-Dhabi, to reach the peaks of the continent, PSG is very close to the same route: to put their hands on the “ear” at the end of massive capital injections started by Qatar Sports Investments in 2011.

Manchester City defeated Inter in the final. PSG, in a row?!

After the long wait, in which the “citizens” of Pep Guardiola subjugated Premier League, winning treadmills, eight in number (six of the Spanish manager) plus another 15 trophies, the Etihad club also triumphed, after 1-0 in the final with Inter, at the end of the 2022-2023 season. One year away from the failure in front of Chelsea, from Porto.

Indications for another premiere? »The incredible conciders that unite PSG and Manchester City!

President Khaldoon of Mubarak, Pep Guardiola manager, executive director Ferran Soriano and sports director Txiki Begistain, with the Premier League trophy after the Premier League match on Etihad Stadium / Photo: Imago:

Who will the last act of the Park des Princes park will dispute over three weeks? It was precisely with Inter, which City surpassed in great fight. The small difference is that PSG could win the trophy four years away from the end of 8 “Pandemic” from Lisbon, 0-1 with Bayern. Exactly, the score with which the Manchester band gave in to the London!

Always in Munich a champion for the first time has been crowned!

We go further and find other coincidences. For the fifth time in the history of the competition (Champions Cup or League), the last act will take place in Munich. Each time so far, the champion was a team for the first time: Nottingham Forrest in 1978-1979 (1-0 with Malmo FF), Marseille in 1992-1993 (1-0 with AC Milan), Borussia Dortmund in 1996-1997 (3-1 with Juventus) and then Bayern in 2011-2012 (1-1, 4-3 at the Sistea stroke).

Indications for another premiere? »The incredible conciders that unite PSG and Manchester City!

Luis Enrique and Pep Guardiola, at the 2016 duel between Barcelona and Manchester City / Photo: Imago

Then the resemblance brings Barcelona, ​​even twice! In 2022-2023, in which Manchester City was the champion of Europe, Inter, finalist every time!, He defeated the Bargrana team on Giuseppe Meazza (1-0 then, 4-3 now), after drawing, 3-3, in Catalunya! The only difference is that two seasons ago was in the group phase, from which Barcelona was eliminated, and recently in the semifinals.

Spanish coaches of the same age, triple in Barcelona!

Manchester City and PSG are led by two Spanish coaches. Of almost the same age. Only eight months separate Pep Guardiola (55 years old) and Luis Enrique (54)! Both wrote history on the Barcelona's technical bank, managing to make the triple: Title and King's Cup plus the Champions League. Pep in 2008-2009, and Luco in 2014-2015. And another coincidence, right in the first season at the Barurna band!

Indications for another premiere? »The incredible conciders that unite PSG and Manchester City!

Luis Enrique placed Xana on the Champions League trophy / Photo: Imago

Guardiola made the second triple, with Manchester City, after exceeding inter -trained by Simone Inzaghi. And Luis Enrique, if he will confirm the paper calculations and conquer the France Cup in the final with Reims on May 24 (a week earlier than the League final), can also imitate it in the event of a success, prepared by the same technician!

Even the football concept to which Guardiola and Luis Enrique are adept at the same line. The basic ideas are similar in approaching the game, with logical differences related to the characteristics of the football players and some principle details.

The circle will close on May 31 at Munich or Inter Will the fourth “ear” win and break the incredible series of similarities on Allianz Arena?

Ashley Davis

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