Neymar's 'nightmare'

Barça defoliated the Champions League margarita until they were paired with PSG, a European draw for the round of 16 to a certain extent amiable because

rivals appeared in the knockout table

like Liverpool and Bayern, also Chelsea and City.

The first leg will be on February 16 at the Camp Nou and the return in Paris on March 10.

In any case, it is not just any rival PSG, a club with which Barça has sporting and economic disputes, as well as being the opponent who received the best Barça European win.

It was in the second round of 2017, when he came back from 4-0 in Paris to sign in the return 6-1 with a goal on the horn of Sergi Roberto.

"It is a difficult draw, but it is at 50% because we are also difficult," said Ronald Koeman, Barça coach, with his usual pragmatism;

“In recent years, he has spent a lot of money to have a team that fights for the Champions League.

It is a team that always has to be there and we want to be there too ”.

That 2017 match against PSG was the crowning of Neymar on the mat.

But the compliments were taken by Messi when he celebrated with the stands, arms and an open heart.

The beginning of the end for Neymar as a Barça player, who chose to be king in Paris before being a lackey in Barcelona in his attempt to win a Ballon d'Or that resists him.

After the years and 222 million later (he paid the clause to tocateja), the Brazilian is still in the elite of football, only questioned for his parties and, above all, for his repeated injuries.

The last this Sunday against Lyon, when his compatriot Thiago Mendes

his left ankle and left the field crying out loud.

"The clinical and radiological assessment is reassuring," said PSG, while the Parisian newspapers classified the injury at three weeks.

"They are tears of pain, despair, fear, surgery, crutches and other bad memories ... It could have been worse, but once again, God saved me from something serious.

It's time to recover and return as quickly as possible! ", The player wrote in relief on social networks.

Now Neymar meets again with a Barça with whom he has remained entangled.

His name appears in the electoral conversations, he is still in a legal battle with the club over his old salaries, and he winks at Messi, who ends his contract next summer: “I want to play with him again.

We will surely have to do it next year ”.

Although Neymar is not the only danger of PSG, a team that mixes world figures with more than competitive second-rate players, a club with rennet after years of investment and work.

They reached the final of the last Champions League - beaten by Bayern - and the only thing left is for

be more demanding to get used to the big rivals.

He also has Thomas Tüchel as a coach, a fervent supporter of Guardiola's Barça football, a phenomenon on the board.

Not so much about the management of egos, as it transcends the Parisian sports city.

With an inflexible 4-3-3, PSG plays boarding, always with possession of the ball in their favor.

Navas, sure as few, performs under the sticks.

On defense (their weakest point), Florenzi and Diallo cover the wings with legs and lungs, while Marquinhos and Kimpembe direct the ball from the root and take risks with the high line on pressure.

In the middle, Danilo or Gueye play flanked by Verratti and Ander Herrera, who complement each other and understand each other with and without the ball.

And dynamite is above, with the fireproof Di Maria, in addition to Neymar and the effervescent, and also planetary star, Kylian Mbappé.

On the bench, to round off, await forwards like Icardi and Kean.

The best relationships have not existed between the clubs.

PSG signed Neymar with a checkbook and refused to sell his assets to Barcelona, ​​no matter how much the offers fell like hotcakes.

"Not for sale," they responded by definition.

As happened with the central Marquinhos and Thiago Silva, also with the medium Verratti and with the forwards Di María and even Neymar, persistently requested by the Barça dressing room, capable of delaying his charges to have him back.

But it did not arrive and the scuffles even put the sponsorship of Qatar Airways in jeopardy, since Sheikh Tanim bin Hamad Al-Thani is the owner of PSG.

That is why it was surprising that this summer Barça transferred Rafinha for free to the French club, more as a detail with the player than as a nod to the rival.

Barça has it raw because he is out of control in LaLiga and only found refuge in Europe until Juve unwound him in the last match of the league.

Enough to be second in the group and now have to deal with Neymar's PSG.