1-6, 2-3! Paris suffers from a bitter master + Mbappe's goal drought, 14 billion matchups in the Champions League, no win = out
The 2023/24 Champions League has reached the quarter-finals, with two of the four matches coming to a draw and two winners in the first leg, with Barcelona favourites to qualify as they beat Paris Saint-Germain away. At 3 o'clock in the morning on April 17, Beijing time, in a match in the second leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals, Barcelona will sit at home to face Paris Saint-Germain.
For Barcelona, this season still maintains the possibility of a two-line championship, La Liga, Barcelona played a wave of consecutive wins, with an 8-point disadvantage behind Real Madrid, the next round of La Liga will usher in the Spanish national derby, Barcelona has the opportunity to further narrow the points gap with Real Madrid. In the Champions League, for the first time, Barcelona defeated Paris Saint-Germain with a score of 3-2 and took the lead in promotion.
Paris Saint-Germain, on the other hand, dominate the Ligue 1 standings with a 10-point lead, and it is only a matter of time before they win the title, no other rival can pose a threat to PSG, and PSG also reached the final of the French Cup and is expected to win the French domestic double. But the Champions League is always the ultimate goal for PSG.
Judging from the value and lineup of the two teams, Barcelona is worth 840 million euros, and Xavi has stars such as Lewandowski, Ferran Torres, Raphinha, Felix, Roque, Yamal, Gundogan, De Jong, Pedri, and Cancelo. On the other hand, Paris Saint-Germain, Enrique has a squad of 1.02 billion euros, with Mbappe, Muani, Dembele, Gonzano Ramos, Emery, Vitinha, Lucas, Skriniar and other famous players. The sum of the two teams' worth is converted into 14 billion yuan.
Judging from the recent form of the two teams, Barcelona has won 6 consecutive games in all competitions and is unbeaten in 13 consecutive games. At home, Barcelona have won four in a row and kept three clean sheets. On the other hand, Paris Saint-Germain's form has been up and down, with only 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the last 10 games, and only 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses away from home in the Champions League this season.
Looking at the form of the players in both teams, a total of 18 players in the Barcelona team have scored, with Lewandowski, Ferran Torres and Felix scoring in double figures, with Lewandowski scoring 20 goals and nine assists in all competitions. A total of 18 players have scored in the Paris Saint-Germain squad, with Mbappe being the team's top scorer with 39 goals in all competitions. However, due to the fact that he was often substituted in the middle of the Ligue 1, Mbappe's form was sluggish, and he suffered a goal drought in the last two games, and in the first leg, Mbappe was in poor form.
Judging from the injury situation of the two teams, on the Barcelona side, Balde and Gavi are unable to play due to injury. For Paris Saint-Germain, Kimpembe, Rico, Kurzava, Mukiele are unavailable due to injury. There were plenty of highlights in the game, with Luis Enrique and Dembele returning to La Liga to face their former clubs, with Dembele celebrating after scoring the Barcelona goal in the first leg to the displeasure of the fans.
In the last 11 meetings between the two teams, Barcelona have won 5, drawn 3 and lost 3, with a record of 3 wins and 1 defeat at home. In the midweek La Liga league, Xavi rotated most of the main players to stay in the Champions League, Lewandowski, Gundogan, Felix, Araujo, De Jong and other main players were fully rested, and this game is optimistic that Barcelona will advance to the semi-finals.