This Wednesday evening, PSG welcomes Manchester City for the 7th day of the LDC. Both teams won this weekend in the Championship. Pep Guardiola spoke after his team’s success at Ipswich (6-0).
This Wednesday, Paris Saint-Germain hosts Manchester City on the 7th day of the Champions League. Much more than just a first round match for Pep Guardiola, who described the meeting as “the final”.
A few minutes after Manchester City’s great success at Ipswich on Sunday in the Premier League (6-0), Pep Guardiola already had his head turned in Paris, and the shock of the 7th day of the Champions League against PSG. The Skyblues coach spoke about this much-awaited meeting. For Guardiola, it is simply a “final”.
“They played yesterday, we play today. We have to take a long journey. Now we will go back and prepare for this final in Paris. In fact, we have two finals (the last two Champions League matches). 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 put ourselves in trouble alone,” explained Pep Guardiola.
-Last speaking Tuesday
The Mancuniens will therefore head to Paris at the start of the week. Pep Guardiola and a City player will appear at a press conference this Tuesday, on the eve of the match, at the Parc des Princes. The match will take place the next day, Wednesday, from 7:00 p.m.
As a reminder, Paris Saint-Germain is currently 25th in the league phase with 7 points while Manchester City is a little higher, in 22nd place, with 8 points on the clock after six days.
The experienced Szymon Marciniak on the whistle
A match which promises to be engaged between two teams. UEFA has appointed Szymon Marciniak to take charge. An experienced referee (around fifty Champions League matches on the clock including the 2023 final between Inter Milan and Manchester City) who will be assisted by Tomasz Listkiewicz and Adam Kupsik, as well as Damian Kos as fourth referee. Finally, Tomasz Kwiatkowski and Tiago Martins will officiate at Var. The 44-year-old Pole is a well-known face among Parisians. He refereed PSG six times, for 17 yellow cards and two reds. He was notably on the whistle during the narrow defeat against Atlético de Madrid (1-2) on November 6 at the Parc des Princes.
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