It was just a formality.
As in the first leg (37-24), PSG did not detail (31-23) this Thursday evening against the Slovenes of Celje in their round of 16 second leg of the Champions League.
The capital club has long been two lengths ahead before widening the gap.
In the quarter-finals, Raul Gonzalez's players will first challenge the defending German club Kiel (Wednesday 12 May), with a return the following week to Coubertin.
For the 8th time in a row, Paris qualifies for the 1/4 final of the Champions League at the expense of @RKCPL
Paris will find the @thw_handball, reigning European champion.
See you @SanderSagosen đ pic.twitter.com/wHPzMLm0RJ
- PSG Handball (@psghand) April 8, 2021
What you must remember
Still deprived of Mikkel Hansen, its Danish world champion because of covid, and of course Nikola Karabatic, PSG did not need to force their talent to confirm their thirteen lengths lead in the first leg.
Raul Gonzalez can count on players in great shape, like Dylan Nahi, scorer of ten goals in Slovenia.
The 21-year-old winger puts his team on the right track (6-3, 11th).
Celje, who has absolutely nothing to lose, plays relaxed and remains in contact (10-8, 20th).
The gap stabilizes until the break (14-12).
The pattern continues at the start of the second period (18-16, 37th), then Paris, as usual, presses on the accelerator after 40 minutes of play. The Spaniard Ferran Sole enters the scene with a double (23- 17, 45e).
Kamil Syprzak is responsible for keeping the Slovenian opponent at a safe distance in a game that no longer has any suspense.
PSG can already think of their next duel against Dunkirk next Sunday.
The player: Elohim Prandi
Its statistics do not allow it to be often highlighted.
This does not prevent the former NĂźmes from being an important element in the device of the Spanish tactician.
Absent from the World Championships in January (shoulder injury), the 22-year-old back then missed the Olympic qualifying tournament because of a painful ankle.
Back in the race, he will have to be counted on for the rest of the competition.
The number: 8
That is the number of consecutive times that the PSG reaches the quarter-finals of the competition.
Since the arrival of the Qataris in 2012, only the first season has given nothing.
For Luka Karabatic and his teammates, it will now be necessary to pass Kiel, the recent winner of the Final Four against Barcelona, ââwho logically got rid of Szeged's Hungarians.
The quarter-finals:
Kiel (All) - PSG, NANTES - Veszprem (Hon), Aalborg (Dan) - Flensburg (All), Meshkov Brest (Bié) - Barcelona (Esp).
All these meetings will take place on May 12 and 19.
