Like last year, there will be a Franco-French confrontation in the Champions League play-offs. After inheriting Brest a year ago, PSG will this time face AS Monaco. So decided the hand of Robert Pirès, who carried out the draw in Nyon this Friday, the headquarters of UEFA. This is the third time in history that this has happened in C1, after Bordeaux-OL in 2010, and therefore Brest-PSG where the Bretons were no match (10-0 overall).
“It’s positive for French football, we’re going to see two great eveningsreacts to the microphone of Canal + Thiago Scuro, the sports director of ASM. It’s also a special moment for Monaco to play PSG in the Champions League play-off.» The first leg will take place at Louis-II on February 17 or 18, with a return a week later at the Parc des Princes on February 24 or 25. There will therefore be no Qarabag for one and Newcastle for the other.
Monaco beat PSG in the last confrontation
“We know well, it’s difficult to meet Paris. He’s the champion, it won’t be easy but we’ll work. We hope to have all the players available, with a big mentality», continues the Brazilian leader present in Switzerland. Scuro will surely remember last November 29 when ASM beat the capital club at Louis-II (1-0) in a match marked by Lamine Camara’s big foul on Lucas Chevalier, only sanctioned with a yellow.
To date, this is still the second and last defeat for the reigning French champion in Ligue 1. Still, a lot can still happen between now and this double confrontation between the end of the transfer window, an infirmary which continues to fill up in Monaco and an increasingly rowdy Sébastien Pocognoli. “He’s a great coachassures Scuro. He does a very good job. He is dealing with a lot of injuries. I hope we will have some positive things soon“.
