The tension over the match between PSG and FC Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League will not only be experienced on the grass of the Parque de los Pr\u00edcipes and the Estadi Ol\u00edmpic Llu\u00eds Companys , and the rivalry between both clubs is going more there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joan Laporta and Al-Khela\u00effi, top leaders of both teams, have experienced a relationship of maximum tension in recent years, as confirmed by the ‘Bar\u00e7a Reservat’ podcast on Catalunya R\u00e0dio. It all goes back to the tie between Bar\u00e7a and PSG in 2021 in which the Parisians eliminated Bar\u00e7a in the round of 16 of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first leg at the Camp Nou, which ended 1-4 with an exhibition by Mbapp\u00e9, Al-Khela\u00effi starred in a scandal, rebuking UEFA’s top officials in the box of the cul\u00e9 temple with his complaints about the penalty that meant the only so much from Bar\u00e7a that night. Although Laporta was not yet in office, the cul\u00e9 president, who took office before the return, took note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Paris, with a match that ended 1-1 on the first trip of Laporta’s second term, the meeting between both presidents did not go well at all . Now, three years later and according to Catalunya R\u00e0dio, one of the presidents had attempted a small approach via WhatsApp to de-escalate the situation , but there has been no response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The relationship between both clubs, beyond sports, has been very strained for years. Al-Khela\u00effi is today one of the great allies in UEFA’s crusade against the Super League, while Joan Laporta, along with Florentino P\u00e9rez, is its main promoter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, the Qatari president of PSG does not forgive Bar\u00e7a for its ‘betrayal’ with the sponsorship of the shirt . At the end of 2016 , Bar\u00e7a decided to sign with Rakuten for the next four seasons and leave behind its agreement with Qatar Airways. In the summer of 2017, when the new ‘de facto’ sponsorship began, PSG hit back at the Catalans by paying Neymar’s clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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