Champions League: PSG sentenced to the feat against Barcelona – The World

Le Monde | 21/04/2015 at 5:31 p.m. • Updated 21/04/2015 at 19:24 | By Abel Mestre

C ‘ is a statistic that does not reassure the Parisian camp in the Champions League, no team has managed to qualify having lost 3-1 at home. Another fact that is not a good sign for Paris Saint-Germain this season, no team has managed to score three goals at the Camp Nou, Barcelona’s lair

It is. To say that Paris Saint-Germain share in mission impossible for Barcelona, ​​Tuesday, April 21 in the evening, for the quarter-final of the Champions League. The Catalans are indeed left victorious (1-3) in the first leg, April 15, at Parc des Princes. So it will take to Laurent Blanc scored at least three goals at the Camp Nou to hope to reach the semi-finals.

Disappointing there a week, the Paris-Saint-Germain will also increase its level of play. One of the key areas will be the defense. Without captain Thiago Silva, but David Luiz – author of poor performance during the go – the Parisian rearguard will be hard to face the “infernal trio” of the Blaugrana attack, consisting of Neymar, Messi and Suarez

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Laurent Blanc summed Monday the difficulty of the exercise:

“I think we will have the opportunity to score, I’m sure. But the big problem with Barcelona is that it is also necessary not to take. That is almost impossible. “

For its part, Blaise Matuidi tries to be positive as he can:

” T ant that there is a chance, you have to play hard, otherwise it’s not even worth taking the plane. “

However, some good news is recorded by eleven of the capital. First, returns after suspension, Zlatan Ibrahimovic in attack and Italian Marco Verratti, conductor of the Parisian environment. This will reassure Argentina’s Javier Pastore: “ This will change many things. They are both fundamental “, he says. However, Thiago Motta, just physically too, will not be on the field Tuesday night.

Finally, the Parisians will also rely on Tuesday reference their match against Chelsea on March 11. Reduced to ten men against eleven at Stamford Bridge, Javier Pastore’s teammates had managed the feat to snatch a draw (2-2) after extra time and validate their ticket to the quarterfinals. They especially remémoreront another exploit, dating, he, more than thirty years. FC Metz had succeeded in 1984 to win 4-1 in Barcelona, ​​after being beaten 4-2 curtly to go.