PSG play with ‘16 stars’ as Luis Enrique looks happier without Kylian Mbappé | Luke Entwistle
The manager hails Bradley Barcola as Paris Saint-Germain make a statement in a 6-0 thrashing of Montpellier
By Luke Entwistle for Get French Football News
There was an air of the unfamiliar inside the Parc des Princes on Friday night. It didn’t look the same; it didn’t sound the same. The old Hexagoal Ligue 1 logo had been dispensed with, giving way to its minimalist successor, which along with the league’s new main sponsor, McDonald’s, littered the advertising boards around the stadium. Then the players entered the pitch, but not to the tune of Phil Collins’ Who Said I Would, at least not the original version.
Paris Saint-Germain, fearing a fierce backlash after having previously replaced then quickly reinstated the song amid outcry from supporters back in 2021, insisted that a modified albeit scarcely audible version of the Englishman’s track was played. But then the match began and with it, that air of familiarity swept through the terraces of the Parc as a French winger burst down the left before firing into the far corner. No, not Kylian Mbappé, but Bradley Barcola. Continuity and change.
