He knows this match by heart. He played it, again and again, thanks to the chance of the draw or the destiny which placed him on his path on countless occasions, as if to remind him that his personal and professional history was linked to his training club, PSG, and his other favorite club, Bayern where he played from 2015 to 2025. The clash between the Parisians and the Munich residents is in a way the “Klassiker” of Kingsley Coman since it is the meeting which he contested the most during his career (nine times), outside the German championship.
For the first time in almost ten years, it is in the shoes of a spectator that the 29-year-old French international will experience the shock of the 4th day of the Champions League, this Tuesday, November 4. Having left this summer for Saudi Arabia, at Al-Nassr, a club where Cristiano Ronaldo plays in particular, Coman has distanced himself from European football but he keeps a close eye on the performances of his former teams who meet at the Parc des Princes.
A duel that he will watch with the eyes of a neutral supporter? Not really… “Now that I no longer play for Bayern, I will say: Go Paris”, confides the winger, met on the sidelines of the last meeting of the Blues… before composing himself. “Oh well no (he laughs). I have more friends at Bayern than at PSG so I will be for Bayern on Tuesday, he continues. I spent so much time in Munich… Of course, I trained in Paris, it’s my favorite club. But I played ten seasons at Bayern and I faced PSG so many times that I had to detach myself from that a little. »
“I was in Munich for the final against Inter”
Born in Paris, Kingsley Coman knows what he owes to his training club, where he played his first professional minutes in 2013, at just 16 years old. The winger has forgotten nothing of these unique moments, of his years spent at the training center, of the affinities created with other members of his generation and still retains a deep affection for PSG. But it was in Munich that he truly developed himself as a professional footballer over the course of 339 matches played in Bavaria and 20 trophies won. Enough to make your heart beat red… and white.
“Of course I have this love for PSG but when you have spent so much time in a team like Bayern, you create bonds, strong relationships,” explains Coman. I retained more affinities in Munich than at PSG, where there are no more players of my generation after the departure of Presnel (Kimpembe). For all these reasons, I will support Bayern but if PSG wins, I would still be happy! »
Because, despite the distance, the European champions continue to give him emotion. As a sign of destiny, one more, it was in Munich that PSG came to win the first Champions League in its history, on May 31. It was on this lawn of the Allianz Arena that he knows by heart that he saw Presnel Kimpembe let out tears at the end of a memorable final.
The executioner’s label stored at the bottom of a drawer
“I was in Munich for the final against Inter Milan and obviously I was a PSG supporter that evening,” exclaims Coman. When they scored I applauded and I was really happy for the club. I saw Presnel (Kimpembe) after the final, I went to see him at the small ceremony organized by PSG to congratulate him and the people at the club. »
For some, this coronation will have both freed them from a weight but also definitively closed a small antagonism with the man who had deprived them of this dream, five years previously. “The supporters half hate me because I scored against PSG in the final in 2020,” laughs Coman. Some people still criticized me for having scored this goal. So when they beat Inter, I said to myself: That’s it, it’s in the past, they won it. » The executioner’s label is now stored at the bottom of a drawer. Assured of no longer being betrayed by one of its exes, PSG can sleep soundly…
