Tuchel backs Neymar as world's best as sorcerer sees off apprentice

Supporters of the Paris Saint Germain soccer team celebrate on the Champs Elysee in Paris, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 after his team won 3-0 against RB Leipzig. 

So there was no fairytale finish for RB Leipzig, the new kids on the block, as sorcerer Thomas Tuchel saw off his apprentice Julian Nagelsmann by leading Paris St Germain to their first Champions League final.

The Emir of Qatar will jet in to Lisbon this weekend to see the club he owns take on the winners of tonight’s semi-final between Bayern Munich and Lyon, highlighting just how much PSG are a product of the modern game at the highest level, what coaches and players might call a ‘project’ while critics describe such state ownership as sportswashing.