YES, it would be a fiasco
The language elements are already ready in case of going off the track on Tuesday evening (which we do not hope for). The “new project” of PSG sold last summer requires time, patience and therefore a certain indulgence. Since the departure of the evil Messi, Neymar or Verratti, the Champions League, the object of fantasy for the Qataris since their arrival, would no longer be a priority. From now on, Paris is building, preparing for the future and imagining itself, one day - but not immediately - marching on Europe. Luis Enrique even assures that his team will be better next season. This should have been the case in February already...
Forget about the flashiness and the stars, make way for seriousness, hardworking people, a collective spirit and a real team. Paris has turned the page on the past. This is the promise of summer. This is without forgetting the €95 and €60 million invested in Randal Kolo Muani and Manuel Ugarte, who did not play a minute in the C1 quarter-final first leg last Wednesday. For the moment, PSG has spent differently but not necessarily better. Of course, there would be nothing dishonorable about losing against FC Barcelona, even if this team is relegated to 8 points behind Real Madrid in the league, was swept away in the Spanish Super Cup (4-1, still against Real ) and eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey by Bilbao (4-2). PSG would bow to a monster...
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But when you have Kylian Mbappé in your ranks, the best player in the world today, and you have spent more than €400M in the transfer window (Kolo Muani €95M, Ramos €65M, Dembélé €50M, Barcola and L. Hernandez €45M, Lee 22M€, Beraldo 20M€...) and that you avoid Real Madrid, Manchester City or even Bayern Munich until the C1 final, after having inherited Real Sociedad in the 8th final having finished 2nd in the group , yes, an elimination in the quarter-finals against a Barça far from its prosperous years would be a fiasco.
(Baptiste Desprez)
NO, it wouldn't be a fiasco
At the start of the season, who would have counted on an epic from this PSG largely renewed and rejuvenated beyond the quarter-finals? Not many people. The series of 27 matches without defeat, a peaceful climate and a seemingly affordable draw have nevertheless raised the wildest hopes. Affordable draw for... the four teams in the PSG part of the table, including Atlético, Dortmund and therefore Barça, which has found color since the announcement of Xavi's departure at the end of January, and which remains on six victories of rank, including a 3-0 success on the field of Atlético. It is no longer the moribund FC Barcelona from the start of the season. Boys like Lewandowski, Ter Stegen and De Jong would also start every day at PSG, Pedri, Araujo, Koundé, Raphinha, Yamal and Cancelo could also claim it.
In short, elimination would represent a failure, a disappointment, a sadness, that's for sure. A fiasco, no. PSG has changed software since last summer. The opportunity would be great to make a big move anyway in order to take advantage of Kylian Mbappé's last season. Maybe it will, who knows? Otherwise, the earth would not stop rotating. And Paris would think about its end of the season, the title which is already promised to it in Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, before thinking about the post-Mbappé era. “
We will have a better team next season
,” swears Luis Enrique. Chick? The important thing will be to leave Barcelona without regrets.
(Christophe Discount)