Liverpool in the eye of the storm
After the defeat on the Parc des Princes lawn against PSG, Liverpool are taking it for granted. If the Daily Mirror was rather soft on its front page by once again highlighting Désiré Doué the first scorer of the match, you have to leaf through the newspaper to appreciate the more or less delicate lyrical flights of fancy on the performance of the Reds. “Liverpool have one foot in the grave and a mountain to climb in the second leg”, writes the English newspaper, before adding that “Arne Slot’s plan to park the bus in Paris backfired to leave Liverpool’s Champions League hopes resting on a miracle at Anfield next week“. In other words, without a miracle, the Reds have no chance of believing in a turnaround in the face of a much stronger, much more inspired PSG. Opposite, “Liverpool arrived as a small Ligue 1 club” could we hear on the Canal Plus set at half-time. “The Reds were tortured”, continues the Daily Mail before being even more categorical: “The correction inflicted on Paris is the inevitable result of a club adrift and in decline.“The stage is set and one of the culprits is easy to identify, he is bald, is standing at the edge of the field and has no solution: it is Arne Slot. A fearful bet and above all a losing bet last night for the Dutch technician who no longer knows what to do. He seemed totally disillusioned after the slap received against Manchester City last Saturday and it did not improve last night. It must be said that his 5-man defense had all the timid tactics that don’t work and that was confirmed apart from Florian Wirtz who had the merit of delivering a few good balls, Liverpool did not see the light of day offensively and Matvey Safonov did not make a single save.
Remontada operation already launched by Barça
Beaten last night at the Camp Nou in the quarter-final first leg against Atlético de Madrid, Barça is already thinking about the return match which is already on everyone’s minds. “Yes, it’s possible!”, headlines the newspaper Sport who already believes in a comeback on the pitch of Atlético de Madrid. Last night the Catalans put “a lot of heart for so much misfortune“. Because even if Barça lost 2-0, everything is not to be thrown away in the performance. Hansi Flick’s players dominated the match, created a lot of chances and without a Musso on the big nights, Barça would have at least scored a goal. Despite everything, Barcelona showed that it could reverse the trend, even at 10 against 11, enough to give hope. “Remount not impossible” adds the Mundo Deportivo with the image of Lamine Yamal. Last night, the Spanish prodigy finished the match disappointed. He tried everything, succeeded a lot, but he never had the success necessary to shake the nets.
Germany mocks Real Madrid for Michael Olise
Michael Olise did not leave Spain indifferent, still traumatized by the exploits of the Bayern Munich winger. The newspaper A.S. spoke about “galactic who plays for Bayern and was recruited for only 53 million euros“. The Spanish press is quite shocked, it also added that he was English, but that he played for France, a small touch of bitterness for our neighbors who have not yet digested the headaches that the French international gave them. The newspaper Bild delights in it, “you will never have Michael Olise” is written in the German press, recalling that Bayern Munich will never let him leave for less than 200 million euros and that no release clause was included in his contract.
