It was the most anticipated meeting of this second day of the Champions League, and PSG held its rank of reigning champion. Even decimated, Luis Enrique's men went to win in Barcelona with talent, daring, and character Wednesday evening (1-2). To take stock of this meeting in a sentence: they had started their meeting upside down, before reciting their football in the second half and winning quite logically (Ramos scored at the very end of the match).
The result does not say everything about the scenario of this match, because PSG was not really paid up to its collective production on the return from the locker room. The score could have been much more salty, as Samir Nasri said on the set of Canal+. Nevertheless, the Parisians dominated their opponents on all floors: on the ground, in the technical zone where Luis Enrique gave a lesson to Hansi Flick, and even in the stands.
Victory in the field, in technical zone, and in the stands
The Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo Written this morning in an article Analysis: Luis Enrique had planned everything against Flick. The proof that the battle took place in the middle of the field: “Vitinha, Fabián and Zaïre-Emery recovered 18 balloons (11, 7 and 1) while the Cules, Pedri, by Jong and Olmo stopped at 8 (3, 3 and 2). Luis Enrique then dominated his old team with remarkable clarity and authority, surpassing it in many statistical areas and ending almost a year of Barça's superiority in the possession of a ball at home.
At the heart of an already complicated evening on the field, MD Add that the Blaugranas players would have hoped for more support from their supporters. Sport Add that they would have been surprised by their silence, and above all would have had the feeling of having heard especially Parisian fans, yet less than 3000 at the stadium. “It is completely unacceptable that a few thousand fans make more noise than us”even railed a barça supporter at the microphone of 3catinfo. PSG comes out of it.
