Three days before the first leg against Manchester City, the tension mounts. And
if the Paris Saint-Germain has planned the initial shock of the
quarterfinals of the Champions League while watching Nice (4-1) Saturday
in Ligue 1, the Citizens have also responded by thrashing Bournemouth
(4-0) A few minutes earlier, in the Premier League. T.
Motta - "control the game" For the Paris region playmaker Thiago Motta,
there has instead largely to the English training badly playing his
usual play. Facing
a team renowned for playing good ball, the Italian knows that keeping
possession leather, Paris has already won a battle. "It's us, the Park, the first few minutes, to dominate the game. Trying not to give a lot of balls to the players, "said the former player of Inter Milan in the mixed zone. "If we let the ball to a team like City,
it will create us many problems," he thought. If he is wary of some of their players, Motta remains confident in the ability of his people to produce the game and destabilize febrile team on the defensive in recent weeks. "They have great players. They Silva, Agüero ... If we give them the ball, it will suffer. The key will be to defend well, "dropped the Transalpine. "Everybody. And when we have the ball to control the game like we did against Chelsea. Them, they are good with the ball. But without the ball, it is difficult. It's like us. When you do not have it, you suffer "
City decimated
The second lies in the draw. Not to mention lucky hand with respect to the value of Manchester City, PSG is doing well when measuring the Barça strike force, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich three opponents present in the quarterfinals. A context of much more favorable than the pile Skyblues injuries since the start of the year: Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, Yaya Toure, Raheem Sterling will not travel to the Parc des Princes.
unavailability of which must be added the inexperience of City who play their first quarter-final. Despite all these signals to green, Paris should be wary of a team who seek to save his season on the European stage and whose numbers (Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Kevin De Bruyne) allows him to believe in his lucky star. Kicking off the first leg will be given Wednesday, April 6, from 20:45.
LAURENT BLANC. We know that the details make the difference and that the experience accumulated in these years can play. During the draw, all the teams were happy to avoid the two European ogres are Bayern and Barcelona which you can add Real Madrid. The environment and the fans have thought that it was easy but not all. Do not listen to those people. Those who hold these comments know nothing about football. When you see the size of City, there is the quality, quantity and talent in all lines. They wounded, yes, but we. It was prepared in two delicate confrontations that will be very tight.
it will create us many problems," he thought. If he is wary of some of their players, Motta remains confident in the ability of his people to produce the game and destabilize febrile team on the defensive in recent weeks. "They have great players. They Silva, Agüero ... If we give them the ball, it will suffer. The key will be to defend well, "dropped the Transalpine. "Everybody. And when we have the ball to control the game like we did against Chelsea. Them, they are good with the ball. But without the ball, it is difficult. It's like us. When you do not have it, you suffer "
City decimated
The second lies in the draw. Not to mention lucky hand with respect to the value of Manchester City, PSG is doing well when measuring the Barça strike force, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich three opponents present in the quarterfinals. A context of much more favorable than the pile Skyblues injuries since the start of the year: Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, Yaya Toure, Raheem Sterling will not travel to the Parc des Princes.
unavailability of which must be added the inexperience of City who play their first quarter-final. Despite all these signals to green, Paris should be wary of a team who seek to save his season on the European stage and whose numbers (Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Kevin De Bruyne) allows him to believe in his lucky star. Kicking off the first leg will be given Wednesday, April 6, from 20:45.
LAURENT BLANC. We know that the details make the difference and that the experience accumulated in these years can play. During the draw, all the teams were happy to avoid the two European ogres are Bayern and Barcelona which you can add Real Madrid. The environment and the fans have thought that it was easy but not all. Do not listen to those people. Those who hold these comments know nothing about football. When you see the size of City, there is the quality, quantity and talent in all lines. They wounded, yes, but we. It was prepared in two delicate confrontations that will be very tight.
