PSG-Arsenal: Marquinhos explains his gesture
At a press conference, Marquinhos returned to his gesture towards Gabriel after the Champions League final won by PSG.
Five days after the legendary victory of Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final against Arsenalthe Capital’s players quickly returned to Earth and have already joined their respective selections, with whom several of them will prepare for the 2026 World Cup. Despite everything, the images of this evening in Budapest are still in everyone’s memory. In particular that of Marquinhos going to console Gabriel Magalhaes
after his missed penalty which sealed the victory for Luis Enrique’s men.
A shared feeling
Present at a press conference this Thursday, the PSG captain was questioned about this gesture, which has become rare in football and much appreciated by the press and fans around the world. “I was already ready to celebrate the title, but when I started running to find my team, I saw Gabriel standing right in front of me. It was exactly the same image I had when I missed that penalty shot at the 2022 World Cup.”he commented. In 2022, the Brazilian defender had in fact missed his shot on goal in the quarter-final, leading to the elimination of the Seleçao against the
Croatia.
Marquinhos explains the moment with Gabriel Magalhães after being penalized in the final of the Champions. pic.twitter.com/ncC0cSS2I8
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“I took a step back”
“At that moment, I took a step back and thought about my teammate, feeling a little empathy for him in this situation. Just as I myself went through a very difficult moment like that, and I know the weight and responsibility of being there at that time”added the 32-year-old. Familiar with the feeling of having led to the elimination of his team, the Parisian admitted that he would have
“liked to receive comfort at that time”.
A World Cup together
To console themselves for these two events, the two defenders will try to offer a 6th star to theBrazil national teamof which they could well constitute the central hinge. This will be the very first World Cup with Brazil for the Arsenal player, while Marquinhos will be playing his third.
