Emmanuel Langellier, media365: published on Wednesday April 16, 2025 at 1:29 p.m.
Recidentally qualified at the expense of Aston Villa, the Parisians were questioned about their favorite opponent in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Like FC Barcelona, Paris-Saint-Germain did what it took to rally the last square in the Champions League. Namely, do not squander the advance gleaned at the end of the first leg. We did not necessarily think of writing this Wednesday but the two clubs suffered during the return round, ended up losing, passing very close to a sacred disillusionment. Large fall of Borussia Dortmund (4-0) last week in Catalonia, Barça underwent the law of Serhou Guirassy and German formation (1-3), while PSG, which led calmly 2-0 at half an hour of play saw its mechanics so well oiled for several months derail in the lair of Aston Villa (2-3). Fortunately, the work had been well done in the first leg (3-1). Passed thanks to a goal in advance, the club of the capital has therefore gained the right to compete in running for a ticket for the final of the Cup with the big ears for the 5th time in its history. He does not yet know the identity of his opponent and will be set Wednesday around 11 p.m. or a little later if extension and/or penalty shooting there is.
Luis Enrique: “I will take full advantage of the game at home, dining and drinking a small beer”
Paris-SG will challenge Arsenal or Real Madrid. The Gunners took a clear advantage last Tuesday (3-0) and their comfortable advance can make them quite confident. But Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Jr., Jude Bellingham and their teammates will try to overturn the steam in their lair of Santiago-Bernabeu who will grow loudly to outdo his heroes. With the Merengues, winners 15 times from the C1, everything is possible, and we saw Tuesday evening that in sport, nothing is ever acquired. Between Arsenal and Real Madrid, do Parisians have a preference? “No, I have no favorite opponent. tomorrow (Wednesday), I will take full advantage of the game at home, dining and drinking a small beer, replied Luis Enrique, Tuesday evening at Villa Park. And I will take advantage of this eliminatory phase by watching the two games at the same time (Inter Milan-Bayern Munich is also on the menu), as I usually do. And it will have a lot of fun to discover if we will play against an English or Spanish team, which will be special in both cases. What about Achraf Hakimi, the first scorer against Villa? “Arsenal or Real Madrid?” The truth we don’t care, sorry for the words but to win this competition you have to beat the best, the two teams deserve to be there and we will see tomorrow, “said the Moroccan defender.
