Paris Saint-Germain will be motivated by their memory of their Champions league exits in the last two seasons when they host Barcelona in the first leg of their quarter-final on Wednesday. The club meet at the Parc des Princes with the French champions desperate to make it to the last four. It will be the third time that the two sides have met in the competition this season after each recording a win over the other in Group F. Barcelona have won 30 of their last 34 games in all competitions, but nine-game winning streak came to an end in a 2-2 draw at Sevilla on Saturday. Having lost in September, Barcelona claimed revenge and top spot in Group F by winning 3-1 at the at the Camp Nou in December. In this match Messi, Neymar and Suarez all scored.
STATS
PSG will be without several key players fir the first of their Champions league semi-final against Barcelona. Already without the suspended Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Laurent Blanc has an injury concern over center-back. Thiago Motta(thigh) while midfield lynchpin Verratti missesthe clash through suspension. David Luis has been named in the squad despite concerns over a hamstring injury.
Expected XI
PSG
Sirigu
Silva
Luiz
Digne
Marquinhos
Motta
Matuidi
Rabiot
Verratti
Cavani
Lavezzi
Barcelona
Bruno
Piqué
Alves
Alba
Montoya
Iniesta
Busquets
Rakitić
Suárez
Neymar
Messi
0 comments:
Post a Comment