A few hours before the Champions League quarter-final return leg between FC Barcelona and PSG, this Tuesday at the Montjuïc stadium (9 p.m. on RMC Sport 1), the Catalan press is showing confidence. The pro-Barça media even attack the Parisian club, its astronomical budget and its star Kylian Mbappé.
“Força Barça!” The front page of the Catalan daily Sport is simple and the message is clear at the time of the Champions League quarter-final return leg between FC Barcelona and PSG, this Tuesday at the Montjuïc stadium (9 p.m. on RMC Sport 1). After the victory at the Parc des Princes last week in the first leg (2-3), followers, observers and supporters of the Barcelona club are only waiting for one thing: “Another magical night to return to the semi-finals for the first time in five years. On the front page of the pro-Barça newspaper, we can see Lewandowski giving a thumbs up, opposed to Kylian Mbappé. And between the two players: the Big Ears Cup.
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Sport highlights the “reasons to be optimistic” for Barça, referring to the last confrontations in C1 where Paris failed to reverse the trend during the away matches. And Mbappé takes his place in an editorial, even if his hat-trick in Barcelona in 2021 (1-4 in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League) remains in the memories: “With Lewandowski, the only star that the club’s finances could afford, and the best academy in the world, something we should all brag about more, the club took off and put Mbappé’s super-millionaire PSG on the ropes. Today we will see a team again. eleven players against Mbappé and ten other players.”
Champions League – Barça-PSG – Robert Lewandowski and Kylian Mbappé on the front page of the Spanish press, April 16, 2024 – Captures
“History is on Barça’s side”
“A clamor!”, headlines Mundo Deportivo, the other sports daily following Barça. A call to supporters to ignite the Montjuïc Olympic stadium and its nearly 50,000 seats. Optimism again: “History is on Barça’s side against the Parisians. The Blaugranas have already eliminated PSG from the Champions League in two quarter-finals (2013 and 2015) and in the round of 16 of the heroic comeback in 2017 “, recalls the newspaper.
Champions League – Barça-PSG – Robert Lewandowski and Kylian Mbappé on the front page of the Spanish press, April 16, 2024 – Captures
Catalunya Radio highlights the presence of Barcelona president Joan Laporta at training on Monday, the eve of the match. “The week is decisive. On Tuesday, the ticket to the semi-finals of the Champions League will be at stake and on Sunday, there will be the clasico (against Real Madrid in La Liga). A victory at the Santiago Bernabeu would bring Barça closer to five points from the top of the ranking”, underlines the radio. Local media also point out that, even if there are no specific threats to this meeting, security will be reinforced and it will be forbidden to wear PSG colors around the stadium, outside the visitor sector.
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2024-04-16 12:37:47
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