Belief, doubt, then deliverance: Parc des Princes roars for PSG’s second successive title | OneFootball

The Parc des Princes swung from party mood to dread, then sheer release, as PSG clinched a second successive title on penalties. About 48,000 treated their stadium as a second home and felt every moment from Budapest.

According to L'Équipe, when Gabriel’s spot-kick soared over in the shootout the roar around Porte de Saint-Cloud was deafening. It was surely the loudest this ground has heard without players on the pitch, and for a miss.

The day began at the Porte de Saint-Cloud fountain with a young, mixed PSG crowd brimming with confidence. During the match there, tensions flared with fireworks, crowd surges, mortars and tear gas, while inside the Parc pre-game performers and the announcer cranked up a celebration that needed little prompting.

Kai Havertz made it 0-1 in the sixth minute, and with sun glare on the big screen many took a moment to realise. English cheers from Budapest filled the Paris bowl as PSG trailed until the 65th minute.

Ousmane Dembélé’s penalty made it 1-1 in the 65th minute, a jolt from a bad dream rather than pure joy. The shootout was endured in held breath before an eruption the new PSG generation will not forget, played out on giant screens built on the centre circle.

Source: L'Équipe