{"id":852853,"date":"2025-06-02T16:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/who-cares-jay-jay-okocha-reacts-to-psgs-champions-league-win-over-inter-milan\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:12:09","slug":"who-cares-jay-jay-okocha-reacts-to-psgs-champions-league-win-over-inter-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/who-cares-jay-jay-okocha-reacts-to-psgs-champions-league-win-over-inter-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWho cares\u201d \u2013 Jay-Jay Okocha reacts to PSG\u2019s Champions League win over Inter Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NS-Image-Zoom-Email-Soccernet5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NS-Image-Zoom-Email-Soccernet5-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer \u201cWho cares\u201d \u2013 Jay-Jay Okocha reacts to PSG\u2019s Champions League win over Inter Milan\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-full-width=\"1200\" data-full-height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former Super Eagles and Paris Saint-Germain attacking midfielder, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, was delighted that his former side won the UEFA Champions League against Inter Milan last night, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old, in his time at the Parc des Princes, played 113 games, scoring 20 goals and providing nine assists.<\/p>\n<p>Okocha was on the sidelines at the Allianz Arena yesterday as his former side lifted their first-ever UEFA Champions League title with a thumping 5-0 scoreline, courtesy of a brace from Desire Doue, and then goals from Achraf Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and Senny Mayulu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163177\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/imago1062643711-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163177\">MARQUINHOS PSG with the UEFA Champions League trophy at the Allianz Arena. 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[Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/footballontnt\/status\/1928930869080645780\" target=\"_blank\">TNT Sports<\/a><\/strong>, the one-time AFCON winner was pleased with how his side secured their first-ever treble.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s amazing, and the way they did it, they made it look so easy. They came with a good game plan, it worked out for them, and they totally deserved it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn&#8217;t think it would be 5-nil, I predicted 2-1, but who cares? I wanted to see them win, and they won. It&#8217;s great for the club, the first time in their history, and I think it&#8217;s good for football as well,\u201d the former Frankfurt midfielder said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When a photo opportunity turns into a post-match interview<\/p>\n<p>Jay-Jay Okocha joins the panel to discuss a historic night for his former club, Paris Saint-Germain<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll pretend the end didn&#8217;t happen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laura_woodsy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@laura_woodsy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QNZ34Peka5\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/QNZ34Peka5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballontnt\/status\/1928930869080645780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Desire Doue, Ousmane Dembele, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia are the mavericks of Luis Enrique&#8217;s side because of their skills and trickery. Former Manchester United defender,\u00a0Rio Ferdinand, asked Okocha if their skills made a difference, considering he was a wizard in his playing days.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe skills were the difference, they used their individual talent for the team. They held the ball very well, and they made Inter suffer a bit. I think it&#8217;s down to their ability to do something with the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163210\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/imago1062643677-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163210\">Ousmane Dembele PSG with the UEFA Champions League trophy. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Owen Hargreaves asked Okocha if he&#8217;d play in the team&#8217;s current front three, considering how much they press without the ball, and the Olympic gold medallist said;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf I were to play in this front three, I&#8217;d have no choice but to press like that. When you&#8217;re around great players, they make you look good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pressing was incredible, but the hard work is in the mind. If everything is working out well, you don&#8217;t mind going an extra mile for the team, and that&#8217;s what they did.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163208\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/imago1062645255-1024x703.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"703\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163208\">UEFA Champions League Final 2025, Allianz Arena, Luis Enrique, Coach FC Paris Saint Germain raises the trophy in the air, Joy, Cheering, Celebrating<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Liverpool legend, Steven Gerard, asked the former Super Eagles captain about his opinion on PSG&#8217;s manager, Luis Henrique.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think he made us realise football is a team game. No matter how good you are, if you&#8217;re not playing for the team, you can&#8217;t win anything, and they just justified that,\u201d Okocha concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163185\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/imago1015635552-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163185\">Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Jay Jay Okocha, left, Oliver Glasner, coach, head coach of Frankfurt. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paris Saint-Germain will now join Manchester City, Real Madrid, Inter Miami and other clubs at the FIFA Club World Cup competition that will be held in the United States between June 15th and July 13th<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f64d35abfd960f4a5a400c4bb517f7f0be6c48b655560fbdd37e59d9fc9ca58?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/06\/okocha-psg-inter-milan.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Former Super Eagles and Paris Saint-Germain attacking midfielder, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, was delighted that his former side won the UEFA Champions League against Inter Milan last night, Soccernet.ng reports. The 51-year-old, in his time at the Parc des Princes, played 113 games, scoring 20 goals and providing nine assists. 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