Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Paris Saint-Germain's youth training center on Monday, Luis Campos shared an interesting story about Zaire Emery and Sunny Mayulu before a Champions League game two years ago.

Ousmane Dembélé won the Golden Globe Award, Desire Douai was elected the Golden Boy Award winner, Li Gangren was awarded the Asian International Player of the Year, and recently Achraf Hakimi won the African Golden Ball Award... As the Champions League champion, Paris Saint-Germain will collect all individual awards after the 2025 season. Although the team has many core players, the club's youth training system is full of talents. Even though the camp was full of injuries in early October, it still showed its profound foundation in the 2-1 Champions League game against Barcelona.

On Monday, Paris Saint-Germain’s youth training center celebrated its 50th anniversary. Youth training sports director Cabaye, club deputy sports director Sabrina Delanoy and sports director Luis Campos were all present. Campos took this opportunity to share interesting stories about two young players from the Paris youth academy.

Campos said: "Two years ago, we played against Real Sociedad in the Champions League. Real Sociedad's sporting director asked to visit our new youth training center, and we came to a teaching classroom. Zaire Emery and Mayulu were in math class, and they had to attend in the evening Playing in the Champions League. The Real Sociedad sports director asked me: ‘How is this possible? ’ He was shocked.”

That night, Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0 at the Parc des Princes with goals from Mbappe and Barcola, and also won 2-1 in the second leg.

After two seasons, Zaire Emery and Sunny Mayulu, who are only 19 years old, have emerged. Under the cultivation of Enrique, the former became the second youngest captain in the club's history on his birthday in the match against Rennes in March 2025. After a period of self-doubt and lackluster performances, he has recently regained his spark with the support of his teammates and Spanish manager.

As for Mayulu, he shined in the Champions League, scoring the last goal against Inter Milan in the final last season (5-0), and scoring in the victory over Barcelona in October (2-1). In that game, both players started, and another youth player Ibrahim Mbaye (17 years old) also got a starting opportunity.

"We work hard to unite as one. We are very proud to see young players from the youth academy participating in such a game. We train hard every day. The coach trusts us." Mayulu said excitedly after the game.