Marquinhos names the two former teammates who called him before the Champions League Final

Speaking to French magazine Le Parisien, PSG captain Marquinhos discussed last season's Champions League final, in which the French side at long last got their hands on the trophy that had been the only missing jewel in the crown of the club since the Qatari takeover in 2011. PSG went on to win the final against Italian side Internazionale 5-0, which became the record margin of victory in the final of the Champions League.

Marquinhos reveals the names of two ex-teammates who called him before the UCL final

Marquinhos discussed which of the former players who have been and gone since his arrival at the club in 2013 called to wish him good luck before this victory against Inter, and stated that the only two players to do so on the day of the game were fellow Brazilians Neymar Jr and Thiago Silva, with Marquinhos adding that: 'Neymar called me while he was with his family. 'Go on, enjoy it', he said. 'I sense that you are going to win. You are the captain, you will guide the team'. Thiago Silva told me similar things.'

It's no secret how much this final meant to Marquinhos, with the long-term captain and club legend finally achieving the goal that PSG had come tantalizingly close to in the past few years, but never quite reached. He also spoke to Le Parisien about how emotional he was in the game, remembering how he had started welling up once his side had gone 4-0 up and the fans had started singing - then quasi-assured of victory, he was only finally able to completely let loose and cave in to his emotions after the final whistle.

Indeed, any fan of Paris will have seen how much this final meant to Marquinhos, specifically as the centre back had often been pictured as the symbol of PSG's previous failures in the tournament, having made conspicuous individual mistakes in previous eliminations, not least in the debacle of the 'Remontada' at the Camp Nou in 2017, or the abysmal second-leg defeat to Real Madrid in 2022. The centre-back has now finally managed to get this monkey off his back, and was near flawless throughout the whole of the campaign in Europe, managing to mostly contain some of the deadliest attacks in Europe.

However, neither Marquinhos nor his manager Luis Enrique are looking to rest on these laurels. The defender went on to say that 'as soon as we returned to training, the coach [Enrique] told us well done, but that it was time to move on from this glory, that it was old news, and that it was time to move on to the future, and to keep progressing.' Fans of the Parisian club will be delighted to hear this type of discourse from their captain and leader, and will hope that it translates to a continuation of last season's dominant European form on the pitch.

Marquinhos was speaking about the pinnacle of his career so far in anticipation of tomorrow's game vs Atalanta, in which PSG commence the defense of their Champions League crown at home to the Italian side.

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