Marquinhos (PSG captain)
: “We will have a great game to play.
If we want to go far in this competition we will have to beat any opponent.
It's a great team.
We met them in the final last season.
Now it's up to us to show that we are able to take this step.
It's a shame that the supporters are absent this season, at the Park with them it always makes the difference.
It's a particular context, you have to respect the situation you are going through.
We will put all the ingredients.
We will have to go there (the first leg in Munich) to have a good match and come back here to validate the qualification. ”
(on PSG TV)
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✊ Our captain @ marquinhos_m5 returned to the draw for the quarterfinals of the @ChampionsLeague at the microphone of #PSGtv
- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) March 19, 2021
Mauricio Pochettino (PSG coach):
“We are happy to be at this level, it is the eight best teams in Europe who will compete, it is an honor to compete in this competition.
The Champions League is very difficult to win, you have to play against the best, and we will face the defending champion.
The draw would have been necessarily difficult, and the surprises exist, but we will play against those who are the best on the continent right now.
We are optimistic, the team will be competitive.
We have eliminated Barcelona.
We will focus on Bayern, with one goal: to qualify for the semi-finals. ”
(on the PSG website)
When Bayern Munich lifted the big-eared cup against Paris Saint-Germain
"We will do everything to go to the end"
Leonardo
Leonardo (PSG sporting director)
: “It's interesting to repeat the final (against Bayern).
It's normal that we have to go through everyone to go to the final, and there, we will play immediately, from the quarter-finals, against the team which is perhaps the fittest at the moment and who just won a lot of titles, including the Champions League against us.
But it's always interesting to face teams like this.
(…) PSG are making significant progress in the competition.
We made it to the final last season, we are still in the quarterfinals this year.
Confronting this kind of team gives you experience.
Honestly, I think we have a very experienced team.
We are young, but with a lot of experience in the competition and players who have already won it.
We are therefore always optimistic.
It's a competition that's rooted in us, everyone, it's so interesting.
And playing this kind of match is a lot of fun ... Afterwards, we know the difficulty of C1, it is played on details.
We cannot forget that it is a particular year, everything is a little different, it is a little complicated from time to time.
This is the case for everyone.
Even if there is no audience, it's exciting, it's still a great competition.
In the last eight teams in the running, six have already won the C1.
It gives an idea of the level of these quarter-finals ... We still have a little time to prepare and there will be a week between the first leg and the return.
(…) If we pass, the poster will also be important in the semi-finals.
Dortmund, we played them last year (in 8th).
It was very tight.
And City dominate in the Premier League and demonstrate a great footballing level.
The level is raised in our part of the table, but to reach the end of the competition, and it is always our objective, we have to go through everyone.
So we are moving forward, we are happy with our performance and we will do everything to get to the end. ”
(on
RMC Sport
)
️ Sporting director Hasan # Salihamidžić: "Paris are a very good side. They are currently second in the league, but will pose a tough challenge for us."
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- FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) March 19, 2021
Hasan Salihamidzic (sports director of Bayern Munich)
: “Paris is a very good team.
They're second in their league right now, but it's a challenge at the highest level for us.
They have a new coach with (Mauricio) Pochettino.
He's a good coach and he does a good job.
They have top-level players, and an attacker who has everything and who is very dangerous with (Kylian) Mbappé. ”
(on the Bayern website)
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