PSG knocks on the door of the Champions League again, a scenario where the demands are increasing. What happened in March of this year in Santiago Bernabéu, an earthquake that caused the stop of Pochettino and forced to go back from the beginning. The Parisian team makes its debut tonight against Juve at the Parc des Princes, a stadium that has gone from disappointment to indifference to now regain hope after an impressive start to the season. Now, in his first serious and important test, he had to confirm it.
However, yesterday, Christophe Galtier he was in charge of taking some pressure off his players: “I don’t think PSG is the favorite to win the Champions League,” he said. It happens that he has players like Messi, who in France is beginning to be recognized for the many things he does well. After a cautious first year, the local media highlighted his ability to be the ideologue of many of the plays of a PSG revolving around the Argentine. So far he has accumulated three goals in Ligue 1 and seven assists. And L’Équipe, so critical on other occasions, included him again in the perfect eleven this weekend. One look is enough to know if Leo is comfortable or if something is wrong. Now he is happy.
It is expected that on the 30th he will once again be the offensive architect of PSG against a Juve that will arrive in Paris in the hour of doubt. However, and despite his irregularity in terms of results, he has enough experience not to tremble. no need Maria saidthe rhythm is still lacking, and not at Pogbawho will undergo surgery to resolve his meniscus problems but Max Allegri he made no excuses: “You have to be smart. It all comes down to good ball management and good defending when we’re not there. It’s a big challenge”, assures the Italian, who doesn’t want to Galtier believe that PSG is, at the moment, the main candidate to reign in Europe. In that sense, everything added to the Parc des Princes is good news for a Juve who need some encouragement sooner rather than later.
Benfica, forced to win
The Portuguese team knows that it will be difficult to advance with two teams like PSG and Juve in the group. In any case, his options are to win the points he played in Maccabi Haifa. Roger Schmidt’s men started the Champions League as locals, and arrived after signing five consecutive wins in the Portuguese league, which they managed with authority.
Source: La Verdad
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