This Wednesday, Paris Saint-Germain took over Real Sociedad with a score of 2 goals to 0 in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League.
Disappointing in the first period, the Rouge et Bleu were able to raise their level of play and tame the Spanish team.
Although he has some regrets about the meeting, the Basque technician Imanol Alguacil did not fail to compliment his evening opponent by designating him as one of the big favorites for the final victory in C1.
“ We are talking about an opponent who is certainly one of the favorites to reach the final and win the Champions League in relation to their squad and their coach. We stood up to them, but we had to capitalize on our chances, we had a great match until our first goal. So of course if we had scored the goals we needed we could have won 1 or 2-0 but I think we have to keep our feet on the ground and know that we are Real Sociedad,” he added in a post-match press conference.
Everything remains to be done for PSG
Despite the advantage in the score before this return match, everything remains to be done for the capital club to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Luis Enrique’s men will have to show the same face as in the second half to gain the upper hand over the Basques.
Alguacil’s men will try to come back to the level of the Parisians and will therefore attack and put pressure on Gigio Donnarumma’s cage. Which would leave space for Kylian Mbappé’s partners to hurt in transition and on the counter. The latter also affirmed this at the microphone of Canal + after the meeting.
“In the second leg it will be a fairly similar match. They will attack a little more which means that we will have spaces. It will be very important to get out of the pressure. If we take advantage of all these spaces, we will go there and we will score. »
