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Don't die in silence. PSG must imperatively overthrow Borussia Dortmund, Wednesday night in the knockout stages of the Champions League, to hope to qualify after four consecutive failures at this stage of the competition. But the Parisians, beaten 2-1 on the way to Germany, will have to forget the heavy and particular context of this meeting, disputed in a Parc des Princes behind closed doors because of the epidemic of coronavirus. Follow this round of 16 return with us.
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The supporters' point: the ultra-Parisians in front of the Parc des Princes. Parisians will not be completely alone. Indeed, several hundred club ultras (the CUP, collective ultras Paris) have planned to massage in front of the Parc des Princes, to sing and push their protégés.
The sporting point: a first leg to forget. Forget for a moment the coronavirus to focus on the sporting issue. PSG has no room for error this evening, on pain of plunging into a deep crisis. In the first leg, the Parisians had completely missed their match, undergoing the law of Borussia and their young Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, author of a double (2-1). Thomas Tuchel's men will have to raise their voice considerably if they want to qualify for the quarterfinals. After three consecutive failures in the eighth (Barcelona in 2017, Real Madrid in 2018 and Manchester United in 2019), it is time ...
The TV point: RMC Sport will adapt. The closed door will also impact the broadcaster of the meeting, the RMC Sport channel. "We will have less need to show the stands of the Park because they will have a minor interest once we have done it at the start (...) We will play a little more than usual on the tight shots and on the game as such ", explains on our antenna Hervé Béroud, deputy managing director of Altice Média and boss of RMC Sport.
The question mark: how will the players adapt to the camera? Beaten in the first leg, the Paris players counted on the support of the Parc des Princes to overthrow Borussia Dortmund. A question arises: how will they react without their supporters? "The biggest problem for PSG tonight is not the ticket office, it is the absence of an audience that could push players towards the feat", estimates on Europe 1 Vincent Chaudel, sports economist and founder of the Observatoire du Sport Business.