An animosity will await Paris Saint-Germain as they return to Signal Iduna Park to face Borussia Dortmund. The two teams had already met in the Champions League group stages, but tonight’s meeting, in the semi-final, promises to have more at stake.
For the French champions, this is a moment the club have been waiting for. It is a season where all the pieces feel as if they’re coming together at the exact right time, and there is a sense that this year could be their chance to claim the crown they’ve been desperately searching for.
While in Germany, it will be a story framed in a very different light. To the Bundesliga club, tonight will be about a battle for the soul of football, as Dortmund’s general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke said in November, “We no longer play against football clubs but against states. We play against Qatar, which is the main owner of PSG, and against Saudi Arabia, which is the main shareholder of Newcastle.”
A sentiment that the fans of the club have carried into this match. Surveyed by RMC Sport, the Dortmund faithful were clear on what they thought of Les Parisiens, “We don’t really like them here. I find their players arrogant.” Or as the journalist Patrick Berger of SkySports explained to the French paper, “Here, people are very proud to win on their own. Thanks to the local environment, local sponsors, fans… There would be great pride in beating a team like PSG, backed by a state.”
GFFN | Nick Hartland
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o yes Dortmund fans we psg play soccer
KHING17
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Meanwhile you (BVD) are the main beneficiary of this investment.
vuhbnoprty
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This Germans are something else. When they invest in other countries it is a good thing when other invest in their country is a bad thing. You will play 11 players not a state , where is the state coming from . Pure envy for Muslims.
Yoeadklor
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This is nonsense imho. If a club receives massive investments from other sources, so What???
CHICKIESMP
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they should show it by playing
Agala1800
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HHhHh my cargo knocked out because of ref. bro even your know
Mahatma did the ref do?
Kristofa1
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Dembele is going to face another his former club
danyaro
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your telling true p.s.g is not football club. its academy
HHhHh my cargo knocked out because of ref. bro even your know
Lowaelprty
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just being jealous. Germany people are very racist.
ciupruyz
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your telling true p.s.g is not football club. its academy
That Academy knocked out your your cargo bcos they refused to learn from the academy
Manufreeak
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PSG is a state on its own
Odidiomo01
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Germany should also allow other countries to invest in their league
ryank
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German people are jealous. If France is open and accept international investors and German can't it's not PSG fault to be owned by the state.
danyaro
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your telling true p.s.g is not football club. its academy