The clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City this Wednesday undoubtedly embodies one of the biggest posters of this 7th day of the league phase of the Champions League. For these two teams, this meeting will prove to be most decisive for their European future.
While the capital club is 25th in the ranking, synonymous with non-qualification, its English counterpart is 22nd and is currently heading towards the play-offs. At a press conference after the success against Ipswich (6-0) in the Premier League this Sunday, Pep Guardiola, the Citizens coach, expressed his desire to tackle the last two European events, including the trip to the Parc des Princes, like finals.
Manchester City revenge
“Now we will go back and prepare for this final in Paris. In fact, we have two finals (PSG and Bruges in C1, editor’s note). If we win both, we qualify. If we win one, there is a good chance too but we still have to take points because we got ourselves into trouble alone”lamented the Catalan coach.
Guardiola, who notes a return to regularity in his team after several weeks of crisis, also recognized the difficulties of the reigning English champion to perform in the LdC during this bad patch. From now on, the objective is clear: extend the Skyblues’ current series of invincibility (4 wins, 2 draws in all competitions).
“The defeat against Sporting Portugal (1-4) and the draw against Feyenoord (3-3)? But at that time we had a lot of problems, we couldn’t perform at our level. I hope to continue like this in Paris”concluded the 1992 European champion.
