Last week at the Parc des Princes, fans watched an extremely exciting match. Barcelona took the lead after Raphinhia’s goal, but the tables were turned just after the break. PSG beat ter Stegen twice thanks to goals from Ousmane Dembele and Vitinhia. Raphinha responded with the second goal, and Andreas Christensen dealt the decisive blow to the Parisians. The Dane’s goal gives the Spanish champions a minimal advantage before the rematch.
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Enrique betrayed. It’s about Lewandowski
Although Robert Lewandowski did not score in this match, he was praised. “There was one player in this match who did great without making a lot of noise. This player was “Lewandowski. Although he didn’t score a goal, he made a lot of sacrifices. He won all the duels and passed the ball to his teammates, which annoyed the opponents’ defense,” he wrote about his performance. and “Marc”.
Luis Enrique and the Paris Saint-Germain staff face quite a challenge. Apart from chasing the result, the guests will also have to remember about defense. So the question arises. How to stop the captain of the Polish national team, who has scored three goals this season in the Champions League? – We will start pressing from the first minutes and they may try long passes. We will create chances and Barcelona will also use their defense to disrupt us. I think tomorrow’s match will be similar to the first one and there will be many goals. I hope it will be an exciting meeting for the viewers, Enrique said at Monday’s press conference.
It was not without reason that he drew attention to the opponents’ ability to play with a long ball. Lewandowski may once again be the central figure in Barcelona’s attack, which will try to break down PSG’s defense. In the first match, stopper Lucas Beraldo had a lot of problems with him.
The Pole knows how to find a way with the Parisians. In the 2017/18 season, while still a Bayern Munich player, he contributed to a 3-1 win. In the group stage match, he opened the scoring and defeated Alphonse Areola.
It is worth remembering that for Luis Enrique it will be a sentimental return to Catalonia. He spent eight years as a player at Barcelona (1996-2004), and for three years (2014-2017) he was its first coach. It was under his leadership that the club last won the Champions League. In the final, which took place in Berlin in 2015, they defeated Juventus 3:1. In that match he started… 35-year-old Xavi from the bench.
On Tuesday evening, only one of them will be happy. The start of the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, April 16 at 9:00 p.m.
