The 29-year-old Italian international is only beaten by the house record holder, Jean-Marc Pilorget.
This time, it’s done. Holder this Saturday against Montpellier (5-2), during the second day of Ligue 1, Marco Verratti becomes the second most capped player in the history of Paris Saint-Germain. Recruited in 2012 from time.news, an Italian Serie B club at the time, the 29-year-old midfielder has now played 249 Ligue 1 matches (7 goals, 38 assists), 28 in the Coupe de France (1 goal, 7 assists decisive), 23 League Cup (3 assists), nine Champions Trophies and 72 Champions League (3 goals, 8 assists) in Red and Blue, for a total of 381 matches. It is one more than Sylvain Armand, whom he had equaled last week during another card, against Clermont (5-0).
«It’s fun. We’ve been waiting for this moment. We were eager to start the championship and show that we are good after a good preparationrejoices the Little Owl, in the mixed zone, after this easy victory against the MHSC. It’s already the third match, it went well. The crowd saw a lot of goals. We are happy with the result, disappointed with the two goals conceded, but overall we are happy.»
Neymar is very happy.
Marco Verratti
There is something. Especially since the Parisians have once again demonstrated that the tight defenses no longer scare them … “Last year, we often had difficulties against low blocks. We stayed calm, we played simple and a lot on the sides to find spaces, often with (Achraf) Hakimi and Nuno (Mendes). We have been patient. We had a lot of chances, a missed penalty, the goalkeeper (Jonas Omlin) was good… We continued to play our game and it was more open after the first goal“, notes the Italian again, stressing that Neymar, the man of the match, is”very happy” right now. “We want to be one of the best teams in the world and we need these players to be on top. Ney is doing very good training and a magnificent start to the season. I hope it will continue“, he adds.
Marco Verratti is only beaten by the house record holder, a certain Jean-Marc Pilorget (435 matches). Note that another player active and on the field this Saturday is part of the Top 10, the captain of Christophe Galtier’s team, Marquinhos (366).
The ranking of the most capped players in the history of PSG:
1. Jean-Marc Pilorget (435 matches)
2. Marco Verratti (381)
3. Sylvain Armand (380)
4. Marquinhos (366)
5. Paul Le Guen and Safet Susic (344)
7. Bernard Lama (318)
8. Thiago Silva (315)
9. Mustapha Dahleb (310)
10. Edinson Cavani (301)