Paris Saint-Germain head into their UEFA Champions League Spherical of 16 recreation with confidence, and rightly so. PSG are unbeaten domestically this season. In addition to being within the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France, they’re working away with the Ligue 1 title and are at present 13 factors forward of second-place Olympique de Marseille.
Their European type had been an outlier for a lot of the season however that too has picked up for the reason that flip of the calendar yr. Wins in opposition to Manchester Metropolis and VfB Stuttgart secured their development to the play-offs earlier than they demolished Stade Brestois 10-0 on mixture.
PSG have drawn Liverpool within the subsequent spherical of the Champions League. And while the Premier League giants at present sit fairly on the prime of the league, Les Parisiens shouldn’t have any inferiority advanced, in response to their supervisor, Luis Enrique. The Spaniard sees the 2 sides evenly matched.
“I’m delighted [to have drawn Liverpool]. If you take a look at the 2 groups, they’re each of a really excessive stage. Will probably be a sexy match. Will probably be attention-grabbing. If you take a look at the 2 groups, we’re related groups by way of our want to assault. Will probably be a two-legged tie in opposition to two fairly equal groups, even when we’re each very totally different. We don’t assault in the identical approach. Liverpool are enjoying at a really excessive stage. Will probably be shut; it’s 50-50,” stated the PSG supervisor.
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