Paris Saint-Germain should play Ligue 1 title rivals Lens between their Champions League quarter-final legs towards Liverpool.
PSG hammered Chelsea 8-2 on mixture within the last-16 (Picture: Getty Pictures)
Paris Saint-Germain are poised to face a possible title decider sandwiched between their Champions League quarter-final ties towards Liverpool. The French champions had been granted a postponement of their Ligue 1 fixture with Nantes final weekend, affording them seven days’ relaxation between their matches towards Chelsea within the spherical of 16. Postponements designed to help French golf equipment’ European campaigns have turn into commonplace apply in recent times, with PSG lifting the Champions League final season.
Nonetheless, their go to to Lens, who sit one level behind them within the Ligue 1 standings, is predicted to proceed as deliberate on Saturday, April 11. Lens boss Peter Sage dismissed the prospect of a postponement, which PSG had been anticipated to request, final week. “It is too late for the reason that match is already scheduled, whereas the Nantes match wasn’t,” Sage defined. “I believe PSG does not want that to be aggressive towards us.”
Three days previous to going through Lens, PSG welcome Liverpool for the primary leg. Then on Wednesday, April 14, Luis Enrique’s outfit make the journey to Anfield for the second leg.
PSG and Liverpool are bracing themselves to renew their rivalry following final season’s Champions League encounter. The Parisians defeated Arne Slot’s fees on penalties within the round-of-16 earlier than progressing all the way in which and claiming the European Cup for the primary time within the membership’s historical past.
Slot knowledgeable TNT Sports activities: “Final season towards PSG we had been utterly outplayed away from dwelling, we performed an excellent sport at Anfield however misplaced on penalties. To be honest, they have not dropped their requirements.
“It was hardly attainable for them to enhance however they have been very spectacular till now. I do not assume they are going to be that joyful to play for us after seeing our efficiency tonight, and final season we had been the one staff who took them to extra-time and penalties.”
PSG knocked Liverpool out of the Champions League final season (Picture: Getty Pictures)
Following PSG’s demolition of Chelsea 8-2 on mixture, Liverpool encountered larger resistance towards Galatasaray. However, the Reds emerged victorious with an mixture scoreline of 4-1 and Slot was thrilled.
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“I preferred nearly each single minute,” the Liverpool boss praised.
“I preferred the way in which we performed, the way in which we pressed, the response of the followers when Galatasaray had been doing what I anticipated them to do. They had been on the ground, waving, making an attempt to kill our momentum, however the followers reacted immediately and so did our gamers.”
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