Guest of Génération After this Monday on RMC, Josuha Guilavogui, the Mainz midfielder, looked ahead to the semi-final first leg of the Champions League between Dortmund and PSG (this Wednesday at 9 p.m. on RMC Sport 1). Considering that the atmosphere at Signal Iduna Park will be an important element of this shock.
He has been playing the Bundesliga fields for almost a decade. After having worn the colors of Wolfsburg for a long time, Josuha Guilavogui has been playing in Mainz since last summer. Suffice to say that the 33-year-old midfielder knows Signal Iduna Park well, where he has often faced Dortmund. A stadium with an electric atmosphere, carried by its yellow wall, which PSG will return to this Wednesday in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League (9 p.m. on RMC Sport 1). Four months after qualifying for the round of 16 by obtaining a draw on the last day of the group stage (1-1).
“It’s a match that will be played with the atmosphere,” recalled Guilavogui during his appearance on Génération After this Monday on RMC. “PSG will have to manage this start of the match where there will be a lot of intensity. The yellow wall will make a lot of noise. As time goes by, Paris will have more control of the ball and will be able to play its game. But it’s an impressive stadium. It’s different from Munich, where it’s more spectators, waiting to see Bayern lead by two or three goals. In Dortmund, it’s really aggressive. a little in Marseille or a little in Geoffroy-Guichard (the home of AS Saint-Etienne, its training club, Editor’s note), with people who want to see a show and experience that. I have never won there. -low. I had two draws.”
“I still see Paris winning”
Despite the popular support enjoyed by BVB and its long series of invincibility at home on the European scene, Josuha Guilavogui still sees Paris qualifying for the final scheduled for June 1 at Wembley. The French international (7 caps) however expects a tough battle during this double confrontation. “I think it’s going to be a very difficult match,” slips the former Atlético de Madrid player, who also played for Bordeaux. “Dortmund lost this weekend at Leipzig (4-1 in the Bundesliga), they are throwing all their strength into the Champions League and it can be historic. In 2013, when Bayern won against Dortmund, it “It was also at Wembley so it could be history repeating itself. It’s going to be a very complicated match but I still see Paris winning, especially since the return match will be in Paris.”
Like Luis Enrique’s PSG, Borussia stands out above all for its state of mind this season. Less by its individualities. “I think it’s more of a collective,” judges Guilavogui. “They have a good group, with different qualities. Julian Brandt resembles Florian Wirtz (the Leverkusen dynamiter, Editor’s note) in the way he plays, with a free spirit, he is very creative. They also have speed with Adeyemi .And they have Sabitzer who can hit from afar.”
