Paris Saint-Germain will face Stade Brestois within the UEFA Champions League knockout section play-off, with the winner taking over both Liverpool or FC Barcelona.
Forward of their Champions League conflict, PSG dominated Brest 5-2 at Stade Francis Le Blé. Ousmane Dembélé has been in sensational kind this 12 months.
The winger, who had just one profession hat trick earlier than final week, now has two in as many video games—in opposition to Brest and VfB Stuttgart. Dembélé opened the scoring within the twenty ninth minute, ending coolly after a superb run and cross from Bradley Barcola.
He doubled his tally within the 56th minute, following up a deflection off goalkeeper Marco Bizot from a Fabian Ruiz shot. Nevertheless it was his third, a scientific strike within the 62nd minute from an ideal help by Kang-in Lee, that actually stood out.
With this efficiency, PSG are the favorites to progress, with both Barcelona or Liverpool ready for them within the subsequent spherical.
Hansi Flick talks about Barcelona squad expectation
Ought to the Parisians draw the Catalan facet for a second straight 12 months within the knockout spherical, they’ll face a Barcelona squad with a brand new supervisor in Hansi Flick.
On Thursday, Flick and his workforce secured a 5-0 win over Valencia, and as a possible matchup with PSG looms, the German boss spoke about how he desires the squad to copy this efficiency for the rest of the season.
“I’m very pleased for the workforce,” Flick mentioned post-match within the Mestalla (h/t ). “We created numerous possibilities and took benefit of them.
“That is the fashion which we need to play with, with the starvation to go in direction of the subsequent purpose each time. Once we play with this rhythm, with these kids, we all the time look to attain the utmost variety of objectives.”