In the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Paris Saint-Germain will face La Liga giants Barcelona at the Parc des Princes. The match was a master-and-apprentice duel between Enrique and Xavi, and the second meeting between Paris and Barcelona since the 2015-16 season. Can Paris get rid of its previous shame, change its previous problems of starting high and going low, and enter the last four of the Champions League? Can Xavi lead Barcelona to the next level?
The strength of the Paris Saint-Germain team has decreased on paper, but the actual combat effectiveness is improving
Paris Saint-Germain have been missing Neymar and Lionel Messi in their squad this season, but the distribution of possession in Paris is more reasonable, and the players are more active in running. Mbappe is able to play a greater tactical value. Although on paper, the Paris Saint-Germain team lacks the help of the Brazilian captain and the Argentine captain, but the team's combat effectiveness is improving.
Paris Saint-Germain's first-leg fighting power can be trusted
Over the past few seasons, Grand Paris have consistently outperformed the first leg than the second. Considering that Paris has beaten Barcelona on paper, the balance of strength between the two sides has been reversed, and Paris Saint-Germain is playing at home in this game, and the coach of this team is still the former coach of Barcelona, so Xavi will face an unprecedented dilemma away from home.
In this game, Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski and Paris Saint-Germain's Mbappe will start PK, and youth coach Xavi will challenge his mentor Enrique. Whether the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, a new generation replaces the old, or the old people become stronger, and prefer to move the heart of the white head? It depends on the result after the two rounds. Finally, I would like to remind Paris that the knockout round of the Champions League is a two-legged, 180-minute contest.