Wednesday evening, Paris Saint-Germain definitively validated its ticket for the 1/8th finals of the UEFA Champions League. Indeed, Parisians won 7 to 0 at home against Brest. A team that they had already beaten 3 to 0 during the first leg at the Roudourou stadium. After having passed this obstacle smoothly, the French champion club knew that it would inherit a big piece whatever happens, namely Liverpool or FC Barcelona. Indeed, the Reds and the Curées finished in the first and second place in the ranking during the championship phase of the C1. But quickly, they understood that it could be a poisoned gift since they could fall on Paris Saint-Germain in 1/8th.
In Spain as in England, we prayed to fall on Benfica, which eliminated AS Monaco. The Portuguese club is a more affordable opponent than Paris, which increases in power and gives off a collective force under the leadership of Luis Enrique and its number 1 offensive asset, namely Ousmane Dembélé. For all these reasons and certainly others, PSG was a scarecrow in the eyes of Liverpool and Barça. And it is finally Liverpool who will face the French team during a double confrontation in Champions League. A gala poster and very promising between two European giants, who have already met in the past.
Arne Slot respects PSG
On the official Reds website, Arne Slot commented on this draw, which does not necessarily please the English press as well as to the supporters of the Mersey club.“At this stage of the competition, the quality of the opponent will only be very high and in PSG, they have built a team and a club with a real European pedigree. They qualified for the 1/8th finals of the Champions League in style this week thanks to a large victory against Brest and they obtained very good results in the championship phase by beating Stuttgart, Manchester City, Girona and Salzburg. As is the case for us, PSG is at the top of its national championship and is experiencing a long series of invincibility. ”
He added: “It tells us everything we need to know about the challenge we will face. But it is also a challenge that we are impatiently awaiting, knowing that we fully deserve to be among the last 16. Of course, we are immediately focusing on our next Premier League matches, starting with Manchester City on Sunday, but we will do our best to be in the best possible form when resuming the Champions League. ” Caution, Jürgen Klopp's successor therefore expects a major challenge in the face of the training trained by Luis Enrique. But Liverpool, who has already shown great things this season, intends to do a bite of PSG.
