PSG kick off their Champions League campaign against titans Juventus on Tuesday after a dazzling start to the Ligue 1 season, with the Lionel Messi, Neymar, Kylian Mbappé attacking trio finally realising their full potential. So will the Parisians finally shake off their reputations as also-rans in club football’s top tournament?
PSG are the perennial favourites for the Ligue 1 title – but the least their fans expect is for them to win the French league, the weakest of Europe’s major top flights. The Champions League is the theatre of PSG’s most passionate hopes for glory, and over recent years the tournament’s knockout rounds have provided stages for the tragic denouement of those hopes.
