Paris Saint-Germain will face Chelsea on March 11 and 17 in the round of 16 of the Champions League. A double confrontation that the capital club should be able to tackle in the best conditions. Indeed, Luis Enrique’s men will benefit from five days of recovery after receiving the Blues at the Parc des Princes before traveling to Stamford Bridge.
The reigning French and European champion obtained this rest time thanks to the postponement of his match against FC Nantes, initially scheduled for March 15. An arrangement that does not convince everyone. On the set ofAfter FootDaniel Riolo estimated that the operation was not really win-win, especially for the Canaries, 17th and first relegated, whose schedule will become heavier at the end of the season.
“You’re putting a bullet in your foot”
“If you’re doing a favor, I have no problem with being nice, favoring our teams to shine in the European Cup. Unless it’s against you, in an attitude of total submission – that is, what Ligue 1 is compared to PSG. When your name is Nantes and you are going to organize a schedule with three matches in the week and you certainly do not have a squad to play that, especially for your maintenance, you are putting a bullet in your foot to be of service to someone else”launched the editorialist of
RMC.
Before driving the point home: “It’s all submission. I don’t understand. We created a Ligue 1 with 18 clubs so that this type of problem no longer arises, we removed the League Cup to make everything easier and we have a club which no longer even needs to ask. Ligue 1 clubs fold so much that it comes by itself. »
