PSG, the huge shock

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By: Manu Tournoux

The semi-finals set of the Champions League seems to have already drawn. Consequence of first legs that killed almost all suspense during the quarter -finals. After Inter Milan, winner on the lawn of Bayern Munich (1-2), and Arsenal, merciless executioner of Real Madrid (3-0), Barça has indeed dismantled Borussia Dortmund (4-0) and PSG dominated Aston Villa (3-1).

From an accounting point of view, the victory of the Parisians is undoubtedly the least convincing. However, she impressed all of Europe again. So much so that Rio Ferdinand now makes him his favorite for the final victory.

“They have played with the authority of a team that has already won this tournament on numerous occasions, but this is not the case. It looks like it is a team who knows how to get the best of each player individually and that really dominates opposing players: man to man, but also as a collective. I consider them as favorites at present, he said on the TNT set. In view of the way I saw them mismanne Liverpool on two games, and the one I saw them dominate this match here. »»

PSG has become a team

Already winner of Manchester City during the group stage and Liverpool's fall, PSG particularly marked the spirits across the Channel. “Villa was dominated by the best team in Europe”, Can we thus read in the Telegraph, The Guardian considering that the champions of France are “Equipped to finally win the C1”, Luis Enrique having managed to “Transforming Paris Saint-Germain of a group of individuals into a team”.

“It is almost impossible to imagine such a powerful team not to score at least one goal in Birmingham, and it is, basically, that its strength resides”, Consider the Daily Mail, which already seems convinced of the qualification of Parisians. Because PSG can rely on “One of the most powerful offensive forces the planet”, According to The
Independent for whom“The mountain may be too high to climb” For Aston Villa.