The work will have to be finished in a week at home. Without of course thinking that the matter is already closed. By winning in Plock in the first leg – in other words in the round of 16 – PSG took a large option in qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Champions League this Thursday evening. Paris returns from Poland with a 4-goal lead at the end of a game which settled in the second period.
It is difficult to see the French champions stumbling in the return match on April 4 (8:45 p.m.). We will of course have to waste nothing and be wary of this Polish team which has nothing left to lose. But one thing seems certain: PSG did the hardest part. He already has a foot and a few toes in the quarterfinals. Remember that since the start of its adventures in the Champions League 10 years ago, Paris has never missed this quarter-final meeting. The series should continue...
So much the better ! Because if PSG gets around the Polish obstacle, it is FC Barcelona who awaits them in the next round. The club with 11 Champions Leagues with its Frenchmen Dika Mem and Melvyn Richardson facing the one who will probably and unofficially be champion of France for the 11th time at that time? It's going to be damn exciting and thrilling.
💪 26-30
First round won in Plock! 🔝
🔜 See you at Coubertin for the return match
🗓️ Thursday April 4
⌚️ 8:45 p.m. #PLOPSG pic.twitter.com/7FxJrhC5gr
— PSG Handball (@psghand) March 28, 2024
On condition, therefore, that you finish the job in a week. Plock – the Poles pronounce it “Puotsk” – is an eye-catching team with no shortage of talent. In this city where PSG pivot Kamil Syprzak was born and started playing handball, Paris took a half this Thursday (12-13, 30th) before taking off. Everything settled on a good boost at the start of the second half with a few cannon shots from Elohim Prandi and confident gestures from Syprzak, the local child.
On the other side of the field, Jannick Green, the Danish goalkeeper, placed mesh on his cage and the victory was quickly no longer in doubt. “We could have gone for a +6 or +7 but it’s still a great operation. Let’s still stay focused for the return,” analyzed Elohim Prandi. At the end of the match, all that remained was to know the extent of this victory. Paris set sail like a steamroller to count up to 5 goals in advance.
But Plock limited the damage to preserve a very small chance of reversing the trend on the banks of the Seine. Reminder: in 7 confrontations since 2015, Plock has never beaten Paris. PSG-Barça feels good in the quarter-finals at the end of April and the beginning of May…