Paris Saint-Germain connects with Japanese
On the second day of the Japan Tour 2023, all the Paris Saint-Germain players met with the Club's Japanese fans, media and Club partners in Osaka. lt presented another perfect opportunity to highlight the growing popularity of Paris Saint-Germain in the country.
Accompanied by Club legend and former J-League player Patrick Mboma, Parisians Neymar, Skriniar, Vitinha, Lee and Zaïre-Emery took to the streets of Osaka to discover and explore the city's cultural charms. This included a visit to Osaka Castle, a tea ceremony, a tasting of local food specialties and a final stop at the impressive PSG House.
Before joining them, six players (Donnarumma, Hernandez, Ascensio, Ugarte, Danilo and captain Marquinhos) visited members of the Ali program to shoot content to promote the Swissotel Nankai Osaka, one of Accor's flagship hotels in the country's second largest city.
At the same time, local children took part in a PSG Academy session with the Parisian coach Luis Enrique and a group of players (Ethan MBappé, Ndour, Gharbi, Housni, Lemina, Nhaga, Mouquet, Kurzawa) at the J-Green Sakai professional training center. Throughout the week, the PSG Academy will be present in Osaka, where it welcomes around 100 children aged seven to 14, happy to learn and perfect footballing techniques under the expert eye of PSG Academy coaches.
A short distance away, the lucky members of the Paris Saint-Germain fan club in Japan had the opportunity to meet some of the players (Hakimi, Sanches, Kimpembe, Verratti, Ekitike, Bernat, Soler, Navas, Ruiz) in the Club's hotel for a series of workshops, quizzes and autograph sessions.
Finally, the day ended with a training session on the Green Sakai pitch, attended by 2,000 excited fans and around 100 media.