It’s a day eagerly awaited by football fans! Near Nyon, around noon, UEFA will draw the posters for the round of 16 of the most prestigious European competition. We will have a French club, PSG, present in this hat 2 following its second place during the group stage of the competition. And reading the European press this morning, we realize that the capital club is the rival to avoid for everyone.
This is especially the case in Spain, where we only know Kylian Mbappé very well. But above all, the southern European country has four clubs in this first hat, namely Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid and Real Sociedad. It is therefore, statistically, very possible to see PSG challenge a La Liga club in the next round. “No one wants Mbappé”explains thus A.S.. “Finishing seeded ensures that they will play the return match at home, but not avoid the big opponent in the draw, PSG”adds the media.
PSG scares people in Europe
Same story for Marca. “The Champions League draw has Mbappé’s PSG as the enemy to avoid. Spanish clubs see Mbappé as the devil who can complicate, and greatly, the path to the next rounds”, we can read there. The idea of seeing the star of PSG and the Blues set foot on the pitch at the Bernabéu is logically mentioned and seems to excite our Spanish colleagues… In England, the Parisians are also considered the rival to avoid, while Arsenal and Manchester City could fall on Luis Enrique’s stable.
“Hopes for an additional Champions League place rest on the progress of Arsenal and Manchester City, but PSG and Inter Milan loom worryingly in Monday’s draw”can we read in the Times. In Germany too, we are extremely wary of this Paris Saint-Germain. “Bayern is threatened with a reunion with Paris Saint-Germain”indicates for example Kickerwhile statistics indicate that the French champion is Bayern’s most likely rival, as reported TZ. Meet around noon…
