In an interview with Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel after Paris Saint-Germain defeated Liverpool within the Champions League quarter-finals, on the eve of the thirty seventh anniversary of the Hillsborough catastrophe, Ligue 1 champions’ president Nasser Al-Khelaifi paid tribute to the victims of that fateful occasion and expressed his condolences to Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike (ex-PSG) who was carried away on a stretcher. One thing like a severe damage throughout a match.
Al-Khelaifi identified that beating Liverpool twice was an incredible achievement, however referred to as for a realistic strategy as defending the Champions League trophy, which PSG received final season, just isn’t but over.
My first impressions of PSG Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi are: #UCL The semi-final can pay tribute to the 97 Liverpool followers who died within the Hillsborough catastrophe on April 15, 1989.
He additionally confirmed his assist for Hugo Ekitike, who was sidelined with a severe damage. pic.twitter.com/s0bquEep0t
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