[Trending News] Champions League: the English scandalized by the arrogance of PSG

A week ago, Paris Saint-Germain saw its series of invincibility being cruelly stopped. Ultra dominating against Liverpool in the round of 16 Champions League, the club of the capital had paid very dearly for its lack of efficiency by being crucified at the very end of the match by Harvey Elliott (0-1). A frustrating result that had been able to give “Le Seum” to several Parisians at the end of the match. But none of that. After the match, Luis Enrique's men all made a very ambitious speech for the return match. The first to express itself was also Vitinha at the microphone of Canal+.

«It's hard, but now, it's now that we're going to show the type of team we are. It's been a long time since we’ve lost, it’s up to us to show our personality and our strength. We're going to go there, we're going to have a big match, we're going to score and we're going to pass, I'm sure ». A few moments later, the Portuguese was imitated by Willian Pacho. “”We made an excellent match and we know what we can do. If we do things well, we will get a result there. I am convinced that we will win there.Parisians know that the mission will be difficult, but they obviously believe in their chances. And if these speeches were qualified as ambitious on this side of the Channel, the English did not really perceive these declarations in the same way. Last week, already, the site Liverpool.comwhich follows all the news of the Reds, had published a very critical editorial towards the Ile -de -France.

PSG has outraged Reds fans

“The arrogance of PSG leaves me speechless: he underestimated Liverpool and the impact of Anfield. The reaction of Paris Saint-Germain to Wednesday's defeat shows why he has not yet won the Champions League, while Liverpool's insurance and contempt were surprising. When is the last time that a team went to Anfield with the absolute certainty of being able to face Liverpool in the round of 16 of a European championship? (…) The self-confidence of Paris Saint-Germain is even more exasperating when approaching its trip to England next week. To say that the champions of France are confident in their ability to beat Liverpool is an understatement. By losing, PSG has shown its own weaknesses and despair of being considered among the European elite, accompanied by a good dose of disproportionate pride. It is not the reaction of a team used to overcoming difficult opponents in the competition; It is difficult to imagine a similar collapse on the part of Real Madrid or Manchester City if they were in the position of PSG. Parisians also showed extreme naivety by letting messages filter messages indicating that they considered themselves the higher team. This will only strengthen Liverpool's motivation, a team looking for a hat -trick from the first season of Arne Slot. »»

A week later, it is the turn of the former Reds resident, John Aldridge, to explode in the face of red and blue remarks in the columns of Liverpool Echo. “When I heard the comments of the players and the PSG manager after the first leg, I was struck by their arrogance. You have in front of you a club that has never won a big trophy, so go out and say what they did after the match … They should have won, but they did not do it. We punch them. We lacked respect for us and Anfield. (…) I hope that the supporters will respond on Wednesday evening and that the players will win their personal battles. We will play better, we will make better passes. And if we win our personal battles, we will win the match because we are a better team than them. What they said is like a restless red cape in front of a bull. If I were a player or the manager, I would be furious. They gave Arne Slot a free mutilator speech. We cannot be worse than last week. I have never seen anything as bad and I was stunned as we won 1-0. Imagine if we play well! These last matches, we have not been up to par, but if we play as we did against Man City or Real Madrid, we will beat them. It's a good team, but we made it look better than it is. They have very good players. The public will play his role, I'm sure. And PSG will not know what is happening to it. »» Will Aldridge be right? Answer tonight, from 9 p.m.