Marquinhos on Champions League final, calls from Neymar & Thiago Silva

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·17 de septiembre de 2025

Marquinhos on Champions League final, calls from Neymar & Thiago Silva

Marquinhos (31 years old), captain of Paris Saint-Germain, spoke to Le Parisien about the Champions League final won by his team. The Brazilian defender revealed that, before the match, he received calls from Neymar and Thiago Silva, two former PSG stalwarts, whose words left a strong impression on him.

Marquinhos: “It was a special day for all the club’s fans”

“I will never forget, these are the two people who called me before the Champions League final: Neymar and Thiago Silva. Neymar was having a meal with his family and he told me: Go for it, enjoy, this is your moment. I feel like you’re going to win. You’re the captain, you’re going to lead your team. Thiago Silva told me the same thing. There was a lot of emotion. It was a special day for all the club’s fans. We had talked a lot earlier in the week.”

Marquinhos: “After the final whistle, I completely let go”

Such strong emotions—how do you move on and focus on new goals? At 4-0, when I heard the supporters singing ‘We are champions’, I lost my focus and started to cry. After the final whistle, I completely let go. As soon as training resumed, the coach sent this message: what we won, that’s done, we really enjoyed our moment of glory, but that’s history now. Now, we have to think about the future, keep progressing.”

For Marquinhos, this Champions League victory felt unreal. Having arrived in 2013, he has lived through a decade of joys and cruel disappointments: painful eliminations, improbable scenarios, and criticism too, which only a player deeply rooted at Paris Saint-Germain could withstand. This long-awaited trophy came as a reward for years of hard work, suffering, and resilience—a personal and collective deliverance. But the captain knows better than anyone: savoring is not enough. Football, especially in Paris, demands thinking about tomorrow.

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Luis Enrique quickly reminded everyone that this achievement must not become an end in itself. Other titles are at stake, other heights to reach. For Marquinhos, the love story with PSG continues, but with the same drive to go even further. That’s what will make the club a legend in football; it’s necessary to show that this great year of 2025 was not just a one-off. For that, every ingredient must be in place to push ambitions even higher.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.