Just haloed by two titles in the French Cup and in the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain hoped to conclude its historic season in style during the final of the Club World Cup. Opposed to Chelsea in this European shock relocated to Atlanta, the Parisians nevertheless sunk. Despite an ambitious starting eleven and a desire to dictate the tempo, the Luis Enrique team was taken by the entrance throat by determined blues. Cole Palmer, a real poison for the Ile-de-France defense, signed an express double before offering a decisive pass to Joao Pedro for a score without appeal to the break (3-0). The second period has not changed anything: between missed occasions, rhythm at half mast and exclusion from Joao Neves at the end of the match, PSG never managed to reverse the trend. The dream of a quintuplet is vanished, giving way to a scathing humiliation in the face of an impressive Chelsea team.
Anticipating an euphoric scenario in the event of a new Parisian coronation, the authorities had mobilized an exceptional security system in the capital. The Paris police headquarters had made a decree on Friday, prohibiting any gathering aimed at following the retransmission of the match, whether it be a fan zones or screens visible from the public highway. Circulation cut from 8 p.m. on the Champs-Élysées, closed metro stations, massive presence of CRS: everything had been thought of to prevent possible overflows similar to those which occurred after the final of the Champions League. But the scenario of the match quickly extinguished all excitement: in the streets of Paris, the atmosphere turned to indifference, even resignation, faced with a sports fiasco that no one had seen coming.
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Paris had prepared for a potentially explosive evening this Sunday, on the occasion of the Club World Cup final between PSG and Chelsea. In anticipation of possible overflows, an important police device had been deployed in the capital, especially around the Champs-Élysées, where traffic had been cut from 8 p.m. The prefecture of police had taken the lead on Friday by prohibiting any public gathering around the broadcast of the match, including the fan zones or screens visible from the public highway. The Parisian club itself had called for the responsibility of its supporters on social networks, insisting on the need to “respect the orders” in a spirit of unity and celebration. But the match scenario left no suspense. Very quickly conducted, PSG saw its hopes collapse in front of a clinical Chelsea team (3-0), killing in the egg all a hint of celebration in the streets.
While London celebrated the coronation at the same time at the same time, the atmosphere in Paris remained frozen. In central districts such as Châtelet or the big boulevards, the bars have seen their attendance largely below expectations despite some attempts at animation, between screens diverted to the outside and paid entries including consumption. The enthusiasm of the supporters, led by the overwhelming victory in the Champions League final a month and a half earlier, was quickly cooled. Many supporters have turned their eyes from the screens from the third goal collected, preferring to scrutinize their phones that dreaming of a new title. In the heart of the festivities linked to July 14 and on the eve of a fireworks fire expected on the Champ-de-Mars, this meeting was to be the icing on the cake of the Parisian season. It was only a bitter epilogue, in a city that remained under control, but without fervor.
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