The road to Wembley makes a detour via Dortmund for PSG which plays the semi-final first leg of the Champions League on Wednesday against the German team.
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PSG plays the most important match of its season on Wednesday May 1: a Champions League semi-final. The first leg takes place against Borussia Dortmund, in Germany, “surprise” guest of the last four. The Parisians are rather confident, they are the favorites of this opposition, but the Germans also want to believe it.
In downtown Dortmund, Parisian supporters smile before returning to Borussia. The sun is present, as are certainties. For Tariq, it’s unthinkable that it stops there. The PSG supporter says he is confident: “Quite honestly, this year is ours! To give them the ‘baraka’, I’ve already booked everything for the final!” Theo feels it too “pretty good” but he is above all cautious and prefers not to sell the skin of Borussia before being qualified. “I am a bit stressed, he admits, Obviously, we have a few pots and pans behind us.”
“What is dangerous is to win by a lot on the way out and to be too confident on the way back.”
Théo, PSG supporterat franceinfo
The bad memories are stubborn, but the “comeback” seems very far away now. For striker Gonçalo Ramos, PSG is no longer the same as in December, when the Parisians came to painfully snatch their qualification from Dortmund: “I think now we are more of a team than the last time we played here. We have had more time to work. Between players, we know each other better. There were a lot of new players and now we We’re like family.” In this family, the message is clear: the Champions League is no longer an obsession. And so far, the “Coué method” has worked quite well.
At home, the Germans confident
In Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain are the favorites against a team only fifth in the German championship. But Borroussen fans believe it. Near Signal Iduna Park, the Borussia Dortmund stadium, Tim, a young season ticket holder of the club, displays his confidence, he predicts a 2-0 victory against PSG, even if he is wary of the Parisian stars, including one in particular: “I’m not afraid, except perhaps of Kylian MBappé, I must admit, he’s the best player at the moment in Europe… I see a very close match, a narrow victory for Borussia. “
“The atmosphere will be explosive!”
Bettina, German supporterat franceinfo
While the two teams have already met this season in the group stage, the results are in favor of the Parisians, with a victory in Paris, a draw in Germany. But Bettina believes that the supporters will be able to make the difference on Wednesday evening with the famous “Gelbe Wand”, the yellow wall. “You will simply have to be there to witness it, she assures, the ‘SüdTribune’ is going to be something, with more than 80,000 people pushing it, yes the atmosphere is going to be excellent, just talking about it gives me goosebumps.”
As last December, the decibels will be at a high level on Wednesday evening, in Paris to turn a deaf ear to return from Germany with a positive result.