It is a scene that the supporters of Paris Saint-Germain would have liked to see last August: Thomas Tuchel, drunk with happiness after the final of the Champions League. It has not escaped everyone’s notice, the German manager has brought Chelsea to the roof of Europe, just months after being dismissed by Paris Saint-Germain.

For the final against Manchester City (1-0), Tuchel may have benefited from an involuntary boost from Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the president of Paris Saint-Germain, who had offered him lucky shoes. “I had promised my staff that I would wear them in the final (for PSG-Bayern), explained Tuchel. I had forgotten and we had lost. This time I wore them and it worked. “

Simple. And we better understand the scenes of joy in the locker room of the Blues, with Tuchel who joins the scrum formed by his players, takes off his shoes, and makes them wear in triumph …

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