Paris Saint-Germain head into their UEFA Champions League Spherical of 16 sport 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 operating away with the Ligue 1 title and are at present 13 factors forward of second-place Olympique de Marseille.
Their European kind had been an outlier for a lot of the season however that too has picked up because the flip of the calendar yr. Wins towards 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 high of the league, Les Parisiens shouldn’t have any inferiority complicated, in line with their supervisor, Luis Enrique. The Spaniard sees the 2 sides evenly matched.
“I’m delighted [to have drawn Liverpool]. While you take a look at the 2 groups, they’re each of a really excessive degree. Will probably be a gorgeous match. Will probably be fascinating. While you take a look at the 2 groups, we’re related groups when it comes to our want to assault. Will probably be a two-legged tie towards 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 degree. Will probably be shut; it’s 50-50,” stated the PSG supervisor.
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