Since the first leg humiliation, Enrique has announced that he will be stepping down from his post after three years at the helm at the end of the current season.
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Few players are more engaging than the Spaniard when talking about the handsome game in interviews.
“If you score a lot of goals but do not lift any silverware, you can not be completely satisfied”.
“Against PSG we will have the chance to get back into the tie, and we’ll keep going until the very last breath”. On a night when Barcelona have no choice but to play on the front foot this is a tempting selection.
From what I saw in Paris, the spirit is gone.
The first leg was decided by the sheer athleticism of PSG’s midfield and attack.
That was all of them – Marco Verratti, Blaise Matuidi and Adrien Rabiot – and it was why the result did not flatter them at all.
5 – Neymar has scored five goals in five games against PSG, his highest tally against a team in the Champions League.
What may prove to be the biggest issue for Barcelona on Wednesday evening isn’t scoring goals, but keeping them out.
“But replacing Luis Enrique next season already is not possible”, he continued.
Xavi, however, admits he won’t be replacing Luis Enrique at the Camp Nou this summer, even though he’s as low as 25/1 with certain bookmakers to become Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez’s next boss. “It doesn’t matter about the other team, when we have the ball and push hard, we can score goals”.
The 2016/17 Champions League Round of 16 (return leg) between Barça and PSG will be played at Camp Nou (Barcelona) on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 with a 20:45 CET start.
Depending on whether or not PSG can ride the inevitable early wave of Barcelona pressure, Cavani might not need to score in order for the Ligue 1 giants to advance to the quarterfinals. However, the Catalans arrive for the second leg in a much better mood after winning their following four La Liga games to move to the top of the table, ahead of Real Madrid.
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“I hope they come to the stadium because if they miss the comeback, then they will be pissed off at home”, he said last month, per Ivan San Antonio of Sport.
