Thanks to the victory against Manchester City (4-2) on Wednesday, Paris Saint-Germain returned to the race for qualification in the Champions League play-offs. The Parisians will have to avoid defeat in Stuttgart, unimpressed by the Parisian success against the Citizens.
The work is not finished for Paris Saint-Germain. Certainly, the benchmark match against Manchester City placed Luis Enrique's team back in the top 24 of the Champions League. But a defeat in Stuttgart next week can still eliminate the Parisians. The scenario cannot be ruled out given that Anthony Rouault's teammates, tied on points with PSG, absolutely do not fear their future opponent.
« Fear? Noreplied the central defender of Stuttgart contacted by the daily Le Parisien. It's an important match, yes, but if we rely on the odds, a draw could be enough. We need at least that. This is a scenario that would also suit Paris. We must not do calculations, it would be too risky. We will have to trust each other, while playing our football, because we have what it takes to put them in danger. » Confident, the former Toulouse player was not impressed by the stunning success of PSG against Manchester City.
Ruben Dias, the turning point of the match
« Paris played a very high level match, it deserves its victory but, for me, the exit of Ruben Dias changed a lot of thingstempered the Frenchman. In his absence, City's defense is no longer the same. It's not normal that a team of this level has collapsed like this. It is clear that Paris has very good attackers, but we also have a lot to respond to. In the Bundesliga, we were able to compete with teams like Dortmund, Bayern or Leipzig. We can compete with PSG. »
-Especially since the reigning French champion will be deprived of his left side Nuno Mendes, suspended. “ It can only do good (he laughs). Hernandez is likely to replace him. It's not at all the same profile, he will probably be more solid defensively but, in the offensive contribution, he will create less danger. There will be a little less speed on the side and that's rather good news », rejoiced Anthony Rouault, also absent for this last day because of his three yellow cards in the competition.
