Used to disappointments on the European scene in recent years, PSG was once again very scared, Wednesday night in Lisbon, in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. While he intended to qualify for his first semi-finals since 1995, the club from the capital was led until the 90th minute by the always surprising Italians of Atalanta Bergamo, but managed a stunning comeback, by scoring two goals in added time. Acquired in pain, can this qualification mark a turning point for Neymar's teammates? This is what the consultants of Europe 1 think, including Jimmy Algerino, according to whom "PSG" can claim to go to the end ".
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"The course has passed for this team, and for this Qatari project," said the former Parisian side. “To be in the last square, that's what everyone wanted, it was a first objective,” he recalls. According to our consultant, for whom "everything is redistributed", thanks to this feat, "we will feel a relieved team". And to recall the very particular context of recent months, with the coronavirus epidemic and the stoppage of matches, but also the two cup finals "which were not extraordinary", the doubts that may have arisen, as well as the many injuries.
"We can see that the team is living well"
"PSG can claim to go to the end," he now assures, "and above all to play calmly". After the successive failures of recent years against Barcelona, Madrid, or Manchester, the club of the capital is "rid of a mental weight", abounds Jean-François Perès, head of the sports department of Europe 1.
Jimmy Algerino also insists on the good understanding within the group. "You can see that the team is living well, that the players are able to surpass themselves," he said, "and I really believe that this reversal of the situation will do everyone good and allow us to apprehend the next one. match with much more serenity and confidence ".