Winner 4-1 in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League on the ground of FC Barcelona almost three weeks ago, Paris SG will approach as a big favorite the return leg on Wednesday at the Parc des Princes.
Except that with the episode of the comeback (the Parisians were eliminated from the C1 after the rout in Spain 1-6 when they had won 4-0 in the first leg), the club of the capital must approach the shock with caution and great humility even if the context has changed.
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At the end of the qualification for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France against Brest (3-0) on Saturday evening, Abdou Diallo, the defender of PSG, was asked about the painful memory of this fiasco to which he did not. did not participate and the hypothesis of a second similar episode Wednesday night.
The response from the player who was playing at AS Monaco at the time was scathing: "You're getting us drunk with the comeback!"
It was before, there are new players, it's totally different.
There is no stress about that. ”
"There are scars that remain, it's a lesson we keep from life."
“There are scars that remain, it's a lesson we keep from life.
It's up to us to learn from our mistakes, to be smart.
It's not that we didn't want to fight, not to win.
Sometimes it doesn't work out, it's not our day, it's football.
There are days with, days without.
We just have to keep our serenity ”, had reacted on
RTL
with more hindsight Marquinhos, of the adventure in 2017.
The chances of seeing Barça repeat their incredible feat are indeed slimmer on paper.
The Catalans, who went to win Saturday night on the lawn of Osasuna (2-0) when the PSG was walking in Brittany have lost their splendor and are struggling in the league and Paris SG seems better armed than it four years ago with Mbappé in particular and probably Neymar back for the event.
Finally, the meeting will be played this time at the Parc des Princes and no longer in Spain.
All these elements plead in favor of qualifying Mauricio Pochettino's men even if in Catalonia, Messi and his teammates, one knee on the ground, dream of history repeating itself.
Barça's comeback against PSG in 2017
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