Paris Saint-Germain has its back against the wall. Beaten on its lawn by FC Barcelona (2-3), the capital club has no choice. To see the semi-finals of the Champions League, he must win in the return match, on Barcelona soil.
This will require making some adjustments, particularly defensively, to counter the offensive qualities of Xavi's men. Luis Enrique will not have much time to work, however, since this second meeting will already take place in six days, on Tuesday April 16, at 9 p.m.
In the quarter-finals, in fact, the matches come one after the other. Once the four first legs have been played, as has been the case since Wednesday evening, with the victories of Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid, we move directly to the returns.
Meet at Montjuïc
PSG will therefore travel to the Montjuïc stadium this Tuesday, April 16, while Borussia Dortmund will host the Colchoneros to try to reverse the trend. On Wednesday, Manchester City and Real Madrid will meet in a highly anticipated second leg, while Arsenal travel to Munich. In both confrontations, nothing was done, since the two first legs ended in a draw.
No time to procrastinate, the Parisians will have to move on quickly if they want to reach the semi-finals. After the match, Marquinhos already pointed out the points to work on: “The match was very open, we played very high while being individually behind. They put us in a lot of difficulty with Lewandowski. Their midfielder kept the ball well. » “Small details”, as the new record holder for matches played with PSG explains, but which will be crucial in Spain.
Until then the Parisians will not have a Ligue 1 match to play since their meeting against Lorient scheduled for next weekend has been postponed by the League to April 24.