An insight into the mindset of the Paris Saint-Germain dressing room ahead of the club’s impending showdown with Barcelona has today been provided.
The info comes courtesy of Diario Sport, and points towards Luis Enrique’s squad as being increasingly confident in their chances of turning their Champions League quarter-final tie with Barca around.
Following last week’s opener at the Parc des Princes, it is of course Xavi’s Blaugrana who boast the advantage when it comes to the scoreline.
This comes owing to an impressive 3-2 triumph on the road.
As much has seen Barcelona, understandably, labelled as favourites to book a spot in the competition’s final-4 by fans and the media alike.
One key element as to why comes in the form of the ‘home’ factor, with the Catalans having overcome the raucous atmosphere in Paris, now looking forward to being afforded a boost by their own supporters on Tuesday night.
As alluded to above, though, in the PSG camp, the concern regarding as much appears to be minimal.
Why? The fact that Barca will not be lining out at their true ‘home’:
‘In the PSG locker room they point out that Xavi Hernández and his players will not be able to fully exploit the field factor: the imposing Camp Nou is under construction and the Estadi Olímpic, with almost half capacity, will intimidate less. In addition, the 2,700 French followers will be able to be noticed more.’
Conor Laird | GSFN
