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PSG have nothing to lose against Barcelona in Champions League second leg

Paris Saint Germain manager Laurent Blanc has said his team have nothing to lose ahead of their Champions League quarter-final second-leg tie against Barcelona. PSG must overturn a 3-1 deficit at the Camp Nou stadium to reach the last four of the competition.

Photo: Reuters/Gustau Nacarino
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The French champions were unable to contain Barcelona’s star front three of Luis Suarez, Neymar and Lionel Messi at the Parc des Princes last week.

PSG are likely to welcome the return of their top scorer with Zlatan Ibrahimovic back from suspension.

Midfielder Marco Verratti will also be back from suspension. However, Thiago Silva and Thiago Motta will miss the game due to injury.

Barça will be boosted by the return of midfielder Andres Iniesta who has been given the all clear following heavy bruising on his back during the first leg.

Photo: Reuters/Gustau Nacarino

I’m a fairly realistic person. Yes we believe we can win, but we believe it like you. We know very well that the task ahead of us is extremely difficult. We didn’t have very much time to prepare and I regret that. But at the same time we have nothing to lose. We know the difficulties of the task ahead. We could say we’ll play the match we have to play. See how the match unfolds, but prepare for it, try to play a great game and prove that we can get a result in Barcelona. It’s already considerable challenge and very important for my team.

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No, we know that we’ve got a favorable result but things aren’t decided, we’re playing against a very strong, difficult opponent, Paris Saint Germain. Yes, I feel that I’m helping the team whether its assists or goals. I’m happy, but as long as the team performing well, then I’m always going to be happy, regardless of what I achieve myself. It’s not so important that I’m scoring, the more important thing is that the team is advancing.

Photo: Reuters/Albert Gea

Well, the whole game is difficult in every aspect. We’re playing against a team that had a negative result in the first leg and they’ve got to come here and do what they’ve got to do without any caution. We have to go into the game the same way as we’ve gone into all the games of the competition - with the intention of winning the game.

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