In just under a week, PSG will play one of its most important games of the season. The stable trained by Luis Enrique will thus challenge Aston Villa at the Parc des Princes for the quarter -round of the Champions League. An unprecedented opponent for PSG, but heads well known opposite, like Unai Emery, former coach of Paris Saint-Germain.
But above all, Parisians will face … Marco Asensio. Loaned to the Birmingham stable during the last winter transfer window, the Spanish offensive midfielder is like a fish in the water. On Wednesday against Brighton, the former resident of Real Madrid struck hard, with a goal and a decisive pass in just 25 minutes. He first signed 2-0 of the villans with a beautiful strike from the entrance to the surface, well placed at the end of the left amount of the Seagulls porter (78th). Then, he perfectly shifted Malen in the surface which chained on a cross shot that finished at the bottom (90th+10).
Like a fish in water
And since his arrival last January, he is rather in legs. He has already scored 8 goals and delivered 1 assist with Aston Villa, in 10 games in all competitions, including 4 as a holder. It is more goals, already, than throughout his visit to Paris, a season and a half. But above all, he shone in the big games, scoring 3 goals on the double confrontation against Bruges in the knockout stages of the Champions League, or scoring the two goals in the 2-1 victory against Chelsea at the end of February. Noted services, like the Bbcwho explains that Unai Emery was not mistaken when I insisted to recruit his compatriot and that his glorious past at Real Madrid could well make the difference in the big deadlines.
“The adaptation was quickly with Asensio because the position he plays here is really his. Before he did not play number 10. But with us, it's easy for him ”summarized Unai Emery Wednesday evening. Often confined to the role of a corridor player or sometimes in false 9 during his Parisian adventure and his last years in Madrid, Asensio revised at Villa. A serious threat to PSG, especially since Spanish is as well accompanied by players who come back from afar like Marcus Rashford, author of his first goal with the Villans on Wednesday…
