UEFA Champions League Quarter Final- Barcelona vs PSG 2nd leg live streaming
TEAM NEWS
Andres Iniesta is
available for Barcelona's Champions League quarter-final second leg against
Paris Saint-Germain after suffering a back injury in the first leg in France.
The midfielder was stretchered off in that match but he returned to training on
Monday, as did defender Jeremy Mathieu. Brazilian internationalDani
Alves should also play after suspension.
Paris Saint-Germain
defender Thiago Silva has been ruled out of the second leg with the
thigh injury he picked up in the 3-1 home defeat last week. The centre back is
joined on the sidelines by namesake Thiago Motta (thigh), while right
back Serge Aurier is suspended. Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and
midfielder Marco Verratti will return for the French champions after missing
the first game through suspension.
MANAGER QUOTES
Luis Enrique: "The
difficulty lies in the game overall. They’re an opponent with a negative result
who won’t hold anything back. We’re going out to win the game. I always want a
positive result. The goal is to qualify but I understand victory is always the
best result. There will be times we suffer, as happened in Paris. The goal is
to qualify and I don’t settle for results that aren’t victories."
Laurent Blanc: "We
have to think that we have to score and I am sure that we will but we have only
a small chance to go through. We cannot afford to concede goals and this here
is practically impossible. All the teams that play here in Europe concede at
least one. They have attacking players with incredible talent. We have to show
that we want to win, show that we are capable of doing it and give a better
account of ourselves than in the first match."
MATCH FACTS
Barcelona have won just two CL
games against PSG, but they were their last two meetings (D3 L2).
Barcelona have lost just one
of their last twelve European games against French clubs (W7 D4).
Paris Saint-Germain have won
just one of their Champions League trips to Spain (D2 L2), scoring and
conceding in all those games (8 scored and 10 conceded).PSG are the third French club
to have been defeated by Barcelona in a Champions League home game,
after Lyon (2-3 in 2001) and Monaco (0-1 in 1994).Barcelona have won seven
Champions League games in a row, just two victories behind their best run in
the competition (9 in February 2003).Paris have not won any of
their last four CL games (D2 L2), remaining the only quarter-finalist yet to
win in this season’s knockout rounds.Barcelona are the only
quarter-finalist yet to draw a game in the Champions League this season (W8
L1).Barcelona are the only
quarter-finalist to have scored an own goal in the Champions League this season
(Jeremy Mathieu against PSG in the first leg).Since Lionel
Messi made his CL debut, only Xavi (23), Ryan
Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo (22) have provided more CL assists
than him (21) With his first goal in the
first leg against PSG, Luis Suarez scored the 400th goal for Barcelona in CL
history.Indeed, only Real
Madrid (436) have scored more goals than the Culés in Champions League
history (401).Neymar has scored in all
three CL appearances against PSG (three goals).Barcelona have had the fewest
players booked in the Champions League this season amongst teams that have made
it to the quarter-final (12). Marc-Andre ter Stegen is
the only goalkeeper amongst teams in the quarter-final to have saved a penalty
in the Champions League this campaign.


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