Like a sense of deja vu. Paris Saint-Germain meets Barca in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with a first leg match on Wednesday April 10 at the Parc des Princes. Meetings between the two clubs often give rise to lively matches and turnarounds. PSG hope to take the lead before the second leg in Barcelona.
- The reunion for Luis Enrique
Former player (300 matches) and coach of FC Barcelona (181 matches), Luis Enrique returns to the Blaugrana club on Wednesday evening. On his bench, the Spaniard won the championship twice, the Spanish Cup three times, and the Champions League once in 2015. He was the teammate and coach of Xavi, current coach of Barca. It was also he who was on the Barcelona bench during the famous comeback against PSG in 2017.
- The bad memory of the comeback
If PSG has a good match on Wednesday evening and wins, its supporters will not declare victory straight away. In 2017, in the round of 16, the Parisians won 4-0 in the first leg at the Parc des Princes, a score which allowed them to have a foot and a half in the quarter-finals… But they lost 6-1 with three goals at the very end of the match from Neymar (double) and Sergi Roberto. Since this slap, the word “remontada” has become anchored in the French language and has even entered the Larousse dictionary.
- Reinforced security at Parc des Princes
The Paris police headquarters has “strengthened considerably” security around the match between Paris and Barcelona, announced the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, Tuesday April 9, after a “threat” of the Islamic State group in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. “We saw, among others, a communication from the Islamic State which particularly targets stadiums”assured the minister, questioned about this threat during a press briefing on securing the Games.